Movie: Essential Truths of the Lake

Top 6 Billed Cast

John Lloyd Cruz
John Lloyd Cruz

Lt. Hermes Papauran

Hazel Orencio
Hazel Orencio

Jane Liway

Shaina Magdayao
Shaina Magdayao

Esmeralda Stuart

Bart Guingona
Bart Guingona

Jack Barquero

Agot Isidro
Agot Isidro

Colonel

Dido dela Paz
Dido dela Paz

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    Faced with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody murders and brazen lies, ethically conflicted police lieutenant Hermes Papauran continues his struggle to find a resolution to a 15-year-old case around a volcanic ash-laden landscape and an impenetrable lake.

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    2023-08-06

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