Article by Luca Delpiano

Translation by Giulia Zanotto

Presented in the feature film competition at the 43rd Torino Film Festival, Morgan Knibbe’s The Garden of Earthly Delights explores the connection between body, city and identity. In Manila’s Red Light District, two stories are intertwined: that of Ginto, a young boy who dreams of rising in the criminal world alongside the friend he is secretly in love with; and that of Michael, a Dutch tourist who arrives in the Philippines and ends up giving in to his darkest impulses, becoming a symbol of white privilege that continues to exert power over vulnerable bodies.