Documentaries

The Search for Weng Weng

Andrew Leavold
Australia, Philippinen 2013
93 min
V'14

In 1996, Andrew Leavold dreamt he was in the Philippines directing a documentary about Weng Weng, the two-foot-nine Filipino James Bond. Ten years later, he’s in Manila making a deal with the forces of chaos and following his two decade obsession to its logical conclusion.
It’s just the beginning of a very strange adventure, and as fate would have it, it’s all captured on film. As for Weng Weng: he remains an enigma even to those who worked with him. His reign as the midget Agent 00 was an outrageous novelty that plucked him from complete obscurity and returned him just as quickly. What was he like? When and how did he pass away? In a country of 80 million people, it seems the truth about Weng Weng has slipped between the cracks forever.
THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG leapfrogs from one eccentric character to the next – directors, producers, actors, stuntmen, dwarf waiters, even Imelda Marcos herself, each one with a unique place in Filipino cinema – all the while dismantling the country’s greatest filmic urban legend.

Credits
  • Andrew Leavold
  • Daniel Palisa
  • Jordan Arabejo
  • Corinne De San Jose
  • James Scott
  • Damien Devaux
  • Imelda Marcos
  • Dolphy
  • Eddie Nicart
  • Eddie Garcia
  • Peque Gallaga
  • Celso Ad Castillo
  • Maria Isabel Lopez
Death Rides A Red Horse, Monster Pictures Australia

Monster Pictures Australia

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