Botika Bituka

Botika Bituka

1987 · 3 min · ★ 10.0 · Horror

Based on popular Filipino tongue-twisting words "botika" and "bituka" spoken aloud in fast speed till the tongue gets twisted. The film visualizes in rapid succession the correlation of the botika (drug or pharmaceutical store) and bituka (intestine) in social, economic, and political context which gets faster and faster too.

Directed by Cesar Hernando

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