“Well, I just want to start anew,” he says. “May elder kasi ako sa Palawan. Recently, he dreamt this name when I was there in Palawan. It’s a sacred name. Kanakan means a hunter and Balintagos means truth. So hunter of truth. And I decided na I want to begin again using this name. Erase na ’yong old name ko from ‘Maximo Oliveros’. I have a new film and it’s gonna be a surprise.”
“Espirt de Corps” is the story of two young cadets named Cain and Abel. Set in a military training camp a year before the Marcos Regime was deposed, Kanakan says his movie is a corruption-seduction drama in the military based on the very first play he wrote when he was only 17 years old. Cain is played by Lharby Policarpio and Abel, by Sandino Martin (of “Unfriend”), rivals who’ll do everything to get a powerful position, but end up developing a unique bond between themselves. This will have its Gala Night tonight, Monday, 9 PM, at Trinoma. Watch it also at Glorietta, Fairview Terraces and Greenhills Dolby Atmos.
