In 1938, Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon, military adviser Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with other notable figures, set out to rescue Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.

[1][2] The film begins at a cure cottage in Saranac Lake, New York, with Manuel and Aurora Quezon watching a newsreel of General MacArthur arriving at Leyte, the liberation of Europe, and discoveries of the Holocaust.

Back in 1938 Manila, Jewish-American businessman Alex Frieder receives a confidential telegram from a Chinese consulate in Vienna about the Holocaust.

On the same day, Consul-General Jonathan Cartwright reports the arrival of the new chief of security of the German Embassy, Lt. Ebner, to High Commissioner to the Philippines Paul McNutt.

The general strongly disagrees, as he sees the Japanese invasion imminent in the Philippines.While McNutt works with Quezon reports to be sent to President Roosevelt, Cartwright enters their meeting, and expresses strong objection to Quezon's plan, as he states that the Jewish refugees would be a threat to national security.

The epilogue reveals that over 1,200 Jewish refugees have been saved, although efforts to continue the operation halted during the Japanese invasion, and the futures of the Quezon family, Eisenhower, McNutt, and Alex Frieder's siblings and business.

[5] The production staff initially could not find an actor to play as Manuel Quezon, but Lorena Rosen, while watching Pusong Ligaw, found its main cast member Raymond Bagatsing suitable for the role.

The film was produced to tell a relatively unknown account of President Manuel L. Quezon rescuing Jewish refugees from the Holocaust and temporarily providing them shelter in the Philippines.

Thus, they referred to theses and dissertations made by Americans and corresponded with the descendants of Alex and Herbert Frieder, who played a major role in Quezon's plan.

Rosen started inquiring at a synagogue and its museum in Manila in 2009 where he learned about President Quezon's plan for Jews fleeing Nazi Germany.

It was released in Ottawa, Canada as part of the gala event of the 2018 Cinema World Festival as one of the winning films of the 2018 Autumn Selection.

[11] As part of the film's promotion, a VIP screening was held on May 7, 2019, at the Power Plant Mall in Makati where ABS-CBN also presented video interviews of Holocaust Survivors Margot Pins Kestenbaum and Max Weissler, who were both provided shelter in the Philippines by Manuel Quezon and currently reside in Israel.

[12] The documentary, directed by Nico Hernandez and filmed in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and New York, was released on January 27, 2020 in iWant.

[18] Several reviewers, such as Sight and Sound's Hannah McGill and ABS-CBN's Fred Hawson, noted evidence of budget constraints in the film's props, makeup, and acting performances.

[17] The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck questioned whether the portrayal of Quezon's flirting with a cabaret singer was necessary, which he perceived as an attempt to incorporate "tired soap opera" drama in the film.

[22] Despite mixed reception of the film, the reviewers found the end-credits that feature testimonies of the surviving refugees emotionally moving.