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‘Whether the Weather is Fine’ follows Miguel after he wakes up in the chaos of Typhoon Haiyan, which destroyed Tacloban—a coastal city in the Philippines, in November 2013.
‘Whether the Weather is Fine’ follows Miguel after he wakes up in the chaos of Typhoon Haiyan, which destroyed Tacloban—a coastal city in the Philippines, in November 2013. Rumours of another incoming storm are spreading like wildfire, and Miguel roams the ravaged city with the two women in his life, his mother Norma, and his friend Andrea. As a rescue ship bound for Manila docks at the port, Miguel must decide whether to stay home with the only people he has ever truly known or evacuate and leave his past behind.

Credits

Director
Carlo Francisco Manatad
Screenwriter
Carlo Francisco Manatad, Giancarlo Abrahan V, Jeremie Dubois
Producer
Armi Rae Cacanindin

About the Director

Carlo Francisco Manatad
Carlo Francisco Manatad is a Filipino film director and editor based in Manila. He is a graduate of the University of the Philippines Film Institute. His films have been selected and screened at major international film festivals including Cannes, Toronto, Locarno, Busan, and Clermont Ferrand, to name a few. Manatad is also an alumnus of the Asian Film Academy, the Berlinale Talent Campus, the Doc
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