Filigrana Films

Inspired by true-life events, this is the sobering story of the Williams family and their process of coping with an adopted child suffering from Reactive Attachment Disorder.

In the final days of the battle of Manila during World War II, fanatical Japanese naval forces barricade themselves inside the walls of Intramuros, the ancient Spanish walled city of Manila. In a suicidal last stand, the Japanese hold many thousand Filipinos captive within the fortress, despite the incessant bombardment of United States artillery. An American war correspondent, Murray, arrives at the front line where a guerrilla unit led by American Lieutenant Sorenson makes contact with a young Filipino fighter, Nardo, who has escaped the fortress through a sewer passage. Nardo proposes a plan to rescue the prisoners through the tunnel.

Seeking to learn about her family history, a young woman begins to question her mother, a filmmaker, about the story of her origins. At first plausible, the stories told by her mother gradually become improbable and bizarre. Confused and skeptical, the daughter challenges them, questioning her mother about the meaning of bequeathing her a fantasized collective memory.