Transit (2013 film)

Transit is a 2013 Filipino independent drama film written and directed by Hannah Espia. The film follows a story about a single father who is forced to hide his children from immigration police in Israel after the Israeli government decides to deport children of immigrant workers. It is Espias fulllength debut film. It was mostly shot in Israel. The film competed under the New Breed section of Cinemalaya 2013. The film won Best Film, directing, acting and other technical awards.

The film begins and ends in an airport during a father and sons transit ight from Tel Aviv to Manila. It tells the story of Moises Ping Medina, a Filipino singledad working as a caregiver in Herzliya, Israel, who comes home to his apartment in Tel Aviv to celebrate his son Joshua Marc Justine Alvarezs 4th birthday. It was on that day that Moises, together with their Filipino neighbors Janet Irma Adlawan, and her daughter Yael Jasmine Curtis, nd out that the Israeli government is going to deport children of foreign workers. Afraid of the new law, Moises and Janet decide to hide their children from the immigration police by making them stay inside the house.

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