Loading ...Binyag is a story about a rural man named Leo (Ran Domingo) who grew up with a love for the ocean. As a child, he witnessed an eye-opening moment near the shoreline that changes his life’s perspective. But events in the movie unravel upon the arrival of Lester (Paolo Rivero), a faux talent manager. Lester lures the now grown-up, Leo to Manila with promises of fame and money. In no time, Lester’s true colors emerge and he abandons Leo to fend for himself in the unforgiving city.
Ran Domingo plays a man who grew up in the province and was used to the simple life.Armed with simple hopes and dreams, he is contented with his life alongside his childhood friend played by Ynez Veneracion.The provincial guy makes ends meet by selling his body in exchange for sexual flavors and grows jaded after all the harsh realities he has experienced. It took one unlikely encounter with an old gay man to turn his life around. In the end, Leo makes a decision to return to the province and reclaim his simple life.
Binyag utilizes the first-person narration technique to drive the movie. In the beginning, the narration was endearing and in fact, dramatically appealing. The heart-felt accounts throughout the entire movie can be credited to the voice talent who was successful in imparting the feelings and thoughts of the main character. But as the movie progresses, this same narration grew long and too repetitive.Everything changed when Paolo Rivero’s character came to their town as a talent manager who convinced him to go to Manila to try his luck as an actor.
Little did he know that he would experience all kinds of exploitation, and eventually led him to know his true self, and what his body and soul is yearning for.He returns to his province with lessons from his journey and with newfound realizations about himself.
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