Io Balanon

Teenager Henry begins longing for another life when he visits a mansion's construction site to seek compensation for his older brother's work injury.

A day before Luzon, one of the three main islands of the Philippines, was put on a lockdown due to COVID-19, two young men in the city of Baguio crossed paths amidst the specter of doubt, sickness and death.

Ren, a gay college student, half-halfheartedly lets go of his activist suitor Lenny, believing that his rebel partner is still alive despite rumors that their group has been ambushed.

With this film (the second war trilogy set during the Filipino-American war in the early 1900s), the revolution marches on against the Americans after the bloody death of General Antonio Luna. The conflicted philosophies behind the heroic struggle continue and become personified in the colorful character of General Gregorio "Goyo" del Pilar.