Capsaicin

Capsaicin

What happens to someone who learns to earn love instead of receiving it?

80 min · Drama, Family, Romance

A Filipina immigrant uses spice to cope and love as an escape, until both leave her with nothing to hold onto.

Directed by Lindsay Cairo · Written by Lindsay Cairo

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