Film

Hospital Boat

2009 · Drama

Orphaned by war, 12-year old Nikol found a new home in Isla Kalilintad, an island community of people from different cultures and faith traditions. He was forced to become an adult at a tender age, trying to eke out a living to feed Langit, his younger brother. By serendipitous circumstance, Dr Sittie and Sr Claire, a team of humanitarian workers on a mobile medical mission, visited the isla before they proceed to the other smaller islands. Nikol, eager to grab the chance to work, presented himself as a natural healer and got accepted as an all around utility person for the mission. The mobile medical mission which runs on a low budget, relies on fishing boats offered by the communities they serve as they make their way to far-flung villages rarely reached by medical services from both government and private sector. Each journey to these unknown frontiers bears stories of struggle and survival of people affected by war and extreme poverty.

Marvin Mindog

Rochelle Venuti

Joan Mae Soco-Bantayan

Jamee Rivera

Jea Lyka Cinco

Mikey Aportadera

Fe GingGing Hyde

Basilidas Pilapil

• Arnel MardoquioWriter · Director

Release date

August 1, 2009

Status

Released

Original language

Filipino

Genres

Drama