SAMARITO (SAMARITAN)

BY RAFAEL SANTOS

Synopsis:

Midnight.  An adept thief makes his silent way towards a rich couple’s walled compound.  He has everything considered:  the location of the street-light base to help him vault the perimeter, the vulnerable back gate, the number of steps to the couple’s bedroom.  The only thing he didn’t count on is the couple returning early from an aborted night out.  The thief steps out of the bedroom to the distinct sound of strife.  The couple is in the midst of a heated argument, and the argument only gets hotter from here.  The thief watches as the confrontation escalates until the man explodes in rage and floors the woman with a solid punch across the face.  The thief is in shock.  The man screams at his downed lover and continues to physically pummel her.  The thief sneaks back out of the home, but he is not unaffected by what he’s seen.  He beats a hasty retreat, but stops in his tracks.  He looks back over his shoulder.  He takes a deep breath.  Does the thief have it in himself to do the right thing?  Is his conscience and humanity beyond salvation?  Everything will unfold on this unquiet night and nothing will ever be the same again for our thief; the most unlikely of Samaritans.

Filmmaker’s Profile

Rafa Santos was born Rafa Santos back in 1985 and has been growing ever since. 1999: Rafa stops growing. 2007: Rafa enters Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute where, mentored over the next two years by the likes of Laurice Guillen, Mark Meily, the late Johnny Delgado and the venerable Marilou Diaz-Abaya herself, Rafa gains the ability and wherewithal to maybe someday make a Cinemalaya worthy movie.  2011: Rafa finally makes a Cinemalaya worthy movie. With the indispensable support of close friends Bea Garcia, Nico Dabon and Melvin Fausto, "Samarito was shot mainly in Rafa's kitchen, edited mainly in his room and scored mainly in the shower. Now, at 25years of age, single father of a 3 year old girl and singer of many ill-fated karaoke songs, Rafa has achieved enough to fill two paragraphs with words.

Major Credits:  Cast:

Bea Garcia and introducing Nico Dabon

Production:

Written, Directed, Shot, Edited and Scored by Rafa Santos, Production Manager-Melvin Fausto