Pedicab (Filipino: Pauwi Na) is a 2016 Philippine social realist drama film directed by Paolo Villaluna and produced by Ellen Ramos.
Without the money to pay for bus fare or the means to survive on the road, the family piles into a pair of pedicabs, determined to pedal their way home.
The film is an ensemble piece and stars Bembol Roco, Cherry Pie Picache, Meryll Soriano, Jerald Napoles, Jess Mendoza and Chai Fonacier.
[4] This was also Cherry Pie's break from cinematic hybernation after the film Isda (2014, Adolfo Alix Jr.) because “I didn’t find anything interesting until I got the script from Paolo.
It was widely reviewed as one of the best in the festival and eventually won the Special Jury Prize, Best Acting nods for both Bembol Roco and Cherry Pie Picache, Best Story, Best Editing and Best Production Design.
Powerful screenplay and heart-rending 'dramedic' executions with European flair.”[8] It was similarly praised by major Philippine newspapers and critics including Manila Times,[9] Businessmirror,[10] and PhilStar.
At the Shanghai International Film Festival, it won the Golden Goblet, the festival's highest honor where jury head Cristian Mungiu (Romanian Director) stated, “For the humanism and universality of the story, for the simplicity of the style and realization – for the non-conformism with which it represented our desire to believe that there is a sense in this Universe, the award for the Best Film goes to PEDICAB, from the Philippines.”[1]