The one-sided romance between an effeminate 12-year-old and an idealistic policeman leads to tragedy in Filipino director Auraeus Solito's coming-of-age slum drama. Delicate, sloe-eyed Maximo Oliveros (Nathan Lopez) lives with his father, Paco (Soliman Cruz) and older brothers, moody Boy (Neil Ryan Sese) and good-natured, handsome Bogs (Ping Medina), whose long hair Maxi patiently combs and braids. Their mother's death due to a lack of affordable medical care transformed Paco; he quit his respectable but underpaid factory job and turned to crime. Now he and his older sons deal in stolen cell phones while the local police look the other way. Maxi cooks, cleans and sew...
Released:
2005
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins