Batang PX | |
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Directed by | Jose Javier Reyes |
Written by | Jose Javier Reyes |
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Cinematography | Ding Achacoso |
Edited by | Danny Gloria |
Music by | Nonong Buencamino |
Production company | Available Light Productions |
Distributed by | Star Cinema[a] |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | Philippines |
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Batang PX (English: "Fil-American Kid") is a 1997 Filipino drama film written and directed by Jose Javier Reyes. The film stars Patrick Garcia and Zsa Zsa Padilla and it tackles domestic violence and the Filipino-American children whose American fathers abandoned them after the withdrawal of the American forces from the country in November 1992. It also stars Edu Manzano, Nida Blanca, Anna Larrucea, Piolo Pascual, and Cherry Pie Picache.
Produced and released by Star Cinema, the film was theatrically released on May 7, 1997, and it earned several awards and nominations from different award-giving bodies and was also responsible for bringing Patrick Garcia to stardom. In 2017, the film was digitally restored and remastered by the joint effort and cooperation of ABS-CBN Film Restoration and Central Digital Lab.
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