Movie Settings Database

Turumba

Where:

🇩🇪 Germany 🇵🇭 Philippines

When:

The 1970s

Set in a tiny Philippine village, the inimitable Kidlat Tahimik's film focuses on a family that makes paper-mache animals to sell during the traditional Turumba festivities. One year, a department store buyer purchases all their stock. When she returns with an order for 500 more (this time with the word "Oktoberfest" painted on them), the family's seasonal occupation becomes year-round alienated labor.

Released in 1981 — 87 minutes

Genres:

Comedy Documentary Drama

Languages:

English Tagalog