Production Background
Most of the actors were, in fact, residents of Tondo, Manila itself, and most were actually real life gang members of the area. The filmmaker employed real-life gang members as lead actors in this film. Making a film with gang members on their competing turfs meant Libiran had to contend with the problem that some members of his cast were being hunted by rival gangs or the police. In fact, he said, production was interrupted every now and then by the news that one of his actors had been arrested or shot. During the acting workshop Libiran held for the cast, several of them showed up with weapons.
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