Beyond the adaptability and cleverness of this design, "Cavite" tackles such pertinent issues as cultural identity, family and terrorism. Gamazon plays a young Filipino-American, living in San Diego, who is called back to the Philippines by his family. Arriving at the airport, he is greeted not by loved ones but a ringing cell phone slipped into his possessions.

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