Santa mesa
By: a Drewlin Productions and a Space Between film ; produced by Louise Lovegrove, Karin Chien ; written and directed by Ron Morales
Contributors: Tirelli, Jaime; Leo, Melissa; Shalov, Jacob Kiron; Belardinelli, Daniel; Drewlin Productions (Firm); Space Between (Firm); Indican Pictures (Firm)
Publisher: Indican Pictures
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 82
Subjects: Juvenile films; Orphans; Gangs; Grandparent and child
Description: Following the death of his mother, 12-year-old Hector arrives in Manila to live with his grandmother. Experiencing culture shock and isolation, Hector befriends Sel, a neighborhood girl and Miguel, a petty hustler who belongs to the local street gang. Falling in with the wrong crowd, he becomes a gangster, but on his gang initiation night things go terribly wrong. He is caught stealing while in the home of 60-year-old Jose, but instead of turning Hector in, Jose mentors him.
Notes: Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

Music, Daniel Belardinelli ; editor, Maya Stark ; directrory of photography, Yaron Orbach.

Jaime Tirelli, Melissa Leo, Jacob Kiron Shalov.

Rating: PG-13.

DVD, NTSC, Region 1, anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital.