PUGON (The
Furnace) is a narrative statement short film directed by Gabby Ramos,
starring Andrea Del Rosario, Soliman Cruz, and introducing Jhassy
Busran, Cassie Kim, and Bamboo B.
Also in the cast are Edmond Santiago, Carmen Del Rosario, and Sheena Lee Palad.
Watch below as the cast Andrea Del Rosario, Soliman Cruz, Jhassy Busran, Cassie Kim, Bamboo B and director Gabby Ramos share their fond moments and take us behind the scenes in filming Pugon.
Thrown into the pawnship slavery to pay the debt of her poor parents is Sonia (Jhassy Busran), a 14-year-old girl full of dreams from a fishing village, a community where pawning their children is the norm. Forced into labor for a sum their parents get is an abuse the kids need to face every day.
Her baptism of fire begins when she is brought to a bread factory. Along with other children, they witness the acts of abuse by their employer, Mang Rey (Soliman Cruz).
After ten months of servitude, they could finally get back home. Shock
and dismay welcome her back as she learns that her father had died. This
forces her mother to pawn her again as payment for her father’s funeral
expenses.
Like the rest of the child-laborers from the Bread Factory, all homeless
and in debt once more, a question awaits to be answered:
When will this cycle of debt bondage end?
To Sonia, is a bright future even possible? How will she deal with her fate?
An initial venture of Rems Films, PUGON is proudly part of the Indie Nation exhibition section of the prestigious Cinemalaya 2021, now on its 17th year.
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