The Garden of Earthly Delights

2025

Drama

124 mins

R-16

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Ang Hardin ng Makalupang Kasiyahan

Director: Morgan Knibbe

Country of Production: Netherlands, Philippines, Belgium

Festival Note

Eleven year old Ginto (JP Rodriguez) lives in the slums of Manila, slinging and taking drugs, on the trajectory of a gangster. Dutch tourist Michael (Benjamin Moen) is in the Philippines to meet up with an online girlfriend, but he never finds her. His disappointment leads him down the darkest roads of Manila, where any desire may be fulfilled for a price. It is there that he crosses paths with Ginto, and the inequities of their respective stations are laid bare.

Producer: Armi Rae Cacanindin, Frank Hoevem Eurydice Gysel, Martien Vlietman

Screenwriter: Roelof Jan Minneboo, Morgan Knibbe

Editor: Xander Nijsten

Director of Photography: Frank van den Eeden

Cast: JP Rodriguez, Benjamin Moen, Francesca Dela Cruz, Bunny Cadag, Jakab Golding, John Michael Toling