The Search for Weng Weng

Weng Weng was a Filipino actor. His real name was Ernesto de la Cruz. He stood eighty three centimetres tall. In the early eighties he starred in a run of action films. The films were distributed outside the country as well. They were watched as parodies of James Bond. Then his name was forgotten. Andrew Leavold is an Australian film enthusiast. He runs a cult video shop. One day he comes across one of those films. He grows curious and goes after the story. He travels to the Philippines and talks to people. He puts Weng Weng’s life together piece by piece. The documentary is both that search and a history of Filipino B films. It screened in the Philippines in 2013. The ninety two minute film is an Australian and Filipino production Andrew Leavold finished in 2013.