SYNOPSIS

Co-written by Brillante Mendoza, Boots Agbayani Pastor and Patrick Bancarel, this is based on a real-life event that occurred in 2001. It centres on Thérèse Bourgoin (Huppert), a French woman who works for a humanitarian organisation on Palawan Island in the Philippines. While she is transporting equipment to Puerto Princesa, she is kidnapped by mistake with a colleague by Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, who are fighting for Mindanao independence.