Give Up Tomorrow

In 1997 two sisters disappear in the Philippines. It happens in Cebu. The case becomes enormous in the country. Several people are charged, Paco Larrañaga among them. Larrañaga is nineteen at the time. He comes from a prominent family. The court finds him and six others guilty. The verdict is upheld by the Supreme Court. Larrañaga denies the charge. He says he was in another city on the night. There are witnesses who support that. The documentary follows the course of the proceedings step by step. The film openly stands on the defendant’s side and should be watched as a work of advocacy. Paco Larrañaga appears in the ninety six minute documentary, a Philippine, British and American co-production Michael Collins finished in 2011.