In spite of sweeping nearly all the awards with a total of 11 prizes, including Best Picture and Best Director for Joel Lamangan, and grabbing the major acting honors - Best Actress for Gloria Romero, Best Supporting Actress for Aiko Melendez and Best Supporting Actor for Tony Mabesa, this was a hard film to find at the local movie complex. Thank goodness I managed to track it down. It's a joy in spite of the sad central theme of an elderly man dying of cancer. It is an affirmation of love and the power of the family. And it's nice to see a movie where all the leading characters are in their eighties.
If you manage to track this movie down - go and see it. It's different and it's real. Such a treat when so much fare on offer is fantasy.
If you manage to track this movie down - go and see it. It's different and it's real. Such a treat when so much fare on offer is fantasy.