For two years, Dy and Domes accompanied the film’s protagonists — a displaced couple and their children, a once wealthy woman, and a driver — as they went through through fear, worry, and hope, towards a new beginning on their long journey after the five-month war between government and the ISIS-inspired Maute Group and its allies.
The war forced thousands of residents to flee the country’s lone Islamic City. President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi “liberated from the terrorist influence” on October 17, 2017.
Nearly four years after “liberation,” residents are still struggling to rebuild their homes and lives.[]
Displaced couple Yusop and Farhanna and their children yearn for freedom, income, and comfort after returning to their city. But even to return to normalcy is already a struggle. Nancy, a once wealthy woman, has to cope with her loss of home in an evacuation shelter where she will have to remain for years.[]
