Guard Of Honor

Synopsis

On the eve of the presidential inauguration, the seemingly happy life of a middle class family is shattered when a policeman, Eddie Boy  kills a mother and son. the matriarch, Mamang Anita takes the event with quiet dignity while acknowledging a series of familial abuse that started with her late policeman-husband defiling their daughter, Minda, and culminated in her son’s abusing his daughter, Marie. As Eddie Boy faces the investigation by a strange young officer, the history of police violence is uncovered. Mamang Anita makes a great sacrifice to restore the family’s honor.

Director’s biography

Joselito Altarejos is an accomplished Filipino filmmaker has directed many movies and won numerousprestigious awards in the Philippines as well as internationally. He is well known for his ground-breaking openly gay-themed film features like The Man in the Lighthouse, Antonio’s Secret. His 2017 film Tale of the Lost Boys was filmed in Taiwan and celebrated at international LGBT film festivals.