The Family That Eats Soil

Mixing John Waters and Pedro Almodovar and tossing in a South Asian sensibility, writer/director Khavn creates a violently acerbic satire that follows a Filipino family through their daily routines of cockfighting, drug dealing, prostitution, murder, and other crimes-as well as three hearty meals of dirt. Carlo Catap, Hamid Eton, Elizabeth Marin star. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English, Filipino, Spanish, and Visayan; Subtitles: English; featurette; interview; bonusshort "Can & Slippers" (2005); theatrical trailer. In English and Filipino, Spanish, and Visayan with English subtitles.