'Green Bones' starring Dennis Trillo, Ruru Madrid is No. 1 on Netflix Philippines

"Green Bones" has become the no. 1 movie on Netflix Philippines, a day after it premiered on the streaming platform. 

The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2024 Best Picture on Friday climbed to the top spot on the list of Top Movies in the Philippines Today. 

"'Green Bones' is top 1 in Netflix Philippines today! Don't miss it! Now playing on Netflix," GMA Pictures wrote on social media. 

"Green Bones" premiered on Netflix on June 19.

The film, produced by GMA Pictures, is directed by Zig Dulay based on an original story by JC Rubio, senior documentary manager of GMA Public Affairs. 

It follows Domingo Zamora (Dennis Trillo), who is notorious for the murder of his sister and her daughter. Now that Domingo is up for parole, the newly assigned prison guard (Ruru Madrid) takes a personal interest in making sure that he remains behind bars no matter what.

"Green Bones" won several awards at the MMFF 2024, such as Best Picture, Best Screenplay (Ricky Lee and MMFF 2023 Best Screenplay winner Angeli Atienza), Best Actor (Dennis), Best Supporting Actor (Ruru), Best Cinematography (Neil Daza), and Best Child Performer (Sienna Stevens).

It also won First Best Picture, Best Actor (Dennis), Best Supporting Actor (Ruru), and Best Director (Direk Zig) at the 3rd Gawad Dangal Filipino Awards. 

—CDC, GMA Integrated News