false 2348267 2 In steamy, corruption-ridden Manila, at <br>the height of Ferdinand Marcos' brutal <br>regime, two unlikely young lovers come <br>together: Rue Caldwell, the wife of an <br>American counter-insurgency specialist <br>and Doming Aquinaldo, a Filipino dissident <br>working under a secret identity as <br>chauffeur for Rue's husband. Doming is <br>honor-bound to avenge his father's murder, <br>but resists fighting brutality with <br>more violence, choosing instead to be a <br>conduit for information. Rue, who avoids <br>acknowledging the suffering that is <br>veiled by her privileged lifestyle, represents <br>all that Doming despises. However, <br>the more she sees, the more she realizes <br>that her husband and country are on the <br>wrong side in the Philippines' conflict. <br>As the violence in the country escalates, <br>Rue and Doming find refuge in each <br>other through their loneliness, their <br>awakening conscience and their common <br>experience of betrayal and exile. <br>Doming soon abandons his role as <br>informant embarking on a perilous journey <br>to his rural home in search of a "disappeared" <br>sister as Rue's life becomes <br>more deeply intertwined with the Marcos <br>regime. When an insurgent bomb attack <br>goes horribly awry, government reprisals <br>take the lives of dozens of innocent <br>Filipinos as well as an American journalist <br>who was trying to expose corruption. <br>Doming, realizing that Rue and her husband <br>are at risk of becoming "collateral <br>damage," is now compelled to make a <br>difficult choice or else find the narrow <br>way between his love for Rue, his duty to <br>his country and the wisdom of his heart. <br>Part political thriller, part love story, <br>Baby Jesus Pawn Shop explores the <br>struggle of two ordinary individuals to <br>lead a moral life when reality defies conventional <br>notions of right and wrong. 2354977 1 11 2008 Baby Jesus Pawnshop total:12|5:4|4:3|3:3|2:1|1:1| 12 44 35 11 5 0 false false Sat Dec 06 14:46:23 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 14:50:37 -0800 2008 An Audacious Story of Courage, Endurance, and Hope

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