Plagued by tremendous amounts of landfills full of trash, daily methane gas, and poverty would be a great description for the suburbs of Payatas in the Philippines. Just outside of the capital of Manila is the god-forsaken town of Payatas. Manila is home to almost eleven million people and the town of Payatas is known as dumping ground for the city. Surrounded by crime, pollution, extreme poverty and death, Payatas seems to have every third world countries problems to get ahead, if only other countries knew about the trash. The Mountain Thief was shot and made in 2010 by Gerry Balasta and his filming crew in Manila. It was shot in a dumpsite that’s similar to the one’s that are seen all over Payatas. The literal English translation of Payatas
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The actors in this movie however gave poor tone to their roles leaving me somewhat disinterested. In the movie a man named Julio and his impaired son Ingo have fled their rice fields and the war in the south looking for a new place to call home. They end up in Little Hope and are introduced to the leader of Little Hope, Manong, who allows Julio and Ingo to live in the town. Quickly within the story is it in plain site that the antagonist to Julio is a localvillager named Ato. Ato seems to be challenged and a little threatened by Julio’s presence because he wants to someday own all of the trash as Manong does now and feels like Julio might one day own it instead. Julio meets Paula who then becomes his wife and caretaker of his Blind child. Little Hope seems to be all & well for the family …show more content…
According to the CIA world fact book website, The Philippines has an average infant mortality rate of 22.34 deaths per 1,000 live births and a life expectancy of about 69 years. The risk of getting typhoid fever, hepatitis A, Malaria, Dengue Fever, and many other illnesses are high due to the living conditions these people are born into. The percent of children underweight under the age of 5 years accounted for 20.2%. These facts made me realize that some areas of the Philippines are in deep economic drought that is taking its toll on their society. The town of Payatas shows all these hardships in plain site. The villagers scavenge through garbage finding anything that is worth value and selling it to make a living. The average family in this town earns about one U.S.Dollar a day for this type of work and gives leadway to malnourishment and extensive
The actors in this movie however gave poor tone to their roles leaving me somewhat disinterested. In the movie a man named Julio and his impaired son Ingo have fled their rice fields and the war in the south looking for a new place to call home. They end up in Little Hope and are introduced to the leader of Little Hope, Manong, who allows Julio and Ingo to live in the town. Quickly within the story is it in plain site that the antagonist to Julio is a localvillager named Ato. Ato seems to be challenged and a little threatened by Julio’s presence because he wants to someday own all of the trash as Manong does now and feels like Julio might one day own it instead. Julio meets Paula who then becomes his wife and caretaker of his Blind child. Little Hope seems to be all & well for the family …show more content…
According to the CIA world fact book website, The Philippines has an average infant mortality rate of 22.34 deaths per 1,000 live births and a life expectancy of about 69 years. The risk of getting typhoid fever, hepatitis A, Malaria, Dengue Fever, and many other illnesses are high due to the living conditions these people are born into. The percent of children underweight under the age of 5 years accounted for 20.2%. These facts made me realize that some areas of the Philippines are in deep economic drought that is taking its toll on their society. The town of Payatas shows all these hardships in plain site. The villagers scavenge through garbage finding anything that is worth value and selling it to make a living. The average family in this town earns about one U.S.Dollar a day for this type of work and gives leadway to malnourishment and extensive