What is "alagwa"

Alagwa may refer to:

• the Alagwa people
• the Alagwa language
• Alagwa (film), a 2012 Filipino film

Alagwa ( English: Breakaway) is a 2012 Filipino drama film written and directed by Ian Loreños. The film stars Jericho Rosales, a father struggling to search his son after disappearing in the city. The film is inspired by a popular urban legend about a child's disappearance in Chinatown Manila. The film uncovers the dark facets of the underground business of human trafficking in the Philippines.

The film had its world premiere at the 17th Busan International Film Festival in 2012, and have its limited screening in the Philippines during the CinemaOne Originals Film Festival 2012, last December. The film was released commercially by Star Cinema this October 9, 2013.