A Pencil In Need of Sharpening

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2022 / 7min.

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Genres

Drama

Synopsis

Ronnel, who is an out-of-school youth and a laborer at a factory in Laguna, is one of the participants of a program for OSYs in an academic institution. When an opportunity knocks, he finds himself choosing between focusing on his present or building his future.

Directors

Actors

Ella Sheen

Tommy Alejandrino

Vic Romano

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