Tirik

About The Story

Logline

Paring Bert, a priest, and his parishioner, Santos, a taxi driver, goes on a gritty journey to make peace with their moral conflicts while eluding an assassination attempt.

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of Manila’s unforgiving streets during the height of the drug war, TIRIK follows Paring Bert, a weary but steadfast priest, and Santos, a rugged taxi driver haunted by his past. Their unexpected journey begins as an act of faith and compassion—an ordinary funeral visit that turns into a day-long odyssey through guilt, redemption, and moral reckoning.

As the two men traverse urban chaos and rural silence, they confront the fragile lines between sin and salvation, justice and vengeance. What starts as a road trip becomes a confessional of conscience, where each kilometer peels back their buried truths and tests the limits of their faith in God and in each other. Through moments of grim humor, humanity, and quiet dread, TIRIK asks: how far will a man go to make peace with himself—and at what cost?

Characters

Rocco Nacino

as Paring Bert

Paring Bert is a middle-aged parish priest serving in a small community during the height of the drug war. He is deeply faithful yet visibly weary. A man torn between his spiritual duty and the unbearable weight of guild. Behind his calm and pastoral demeanor lies a crisis of conscience. He carries the burden of sins he could not absolve both others' and his own

"Ikaw naman Santos, sumugal ka para sa pinaniniwalaan mo. Pareho lang tayong sugarol."

Floyd Tena

as Santos Mira

Santos Mira is a mid-20s taxi driver whose life has been shaped by hardship, loss, and quiet desperation. A mon once full of humor and charm, he now carries the hardened calm of someone who's seen too much and said too little. On the surface, Santos is pragmatic and streetwise, a survivor of Manila's chaos but beneath that facade lies a soul corroded by guilt and self-preservation.