Year Released: 2004
Plot from Netflix:
In this bittersweet survival tale, director Mario O'Hara paints a realistic portrait of the cadgers, prostitutes and scavengers who dwell along Manila Bay's breakwater scratching out a living. Fleeing from gangsters, brothers Basilio (Kristoffer King) and Buboy (Al Cris Galura) settle along the jetty, but trouble crops up when Basilio gets involved with a diseased hooker (Katherine Luna) whose existence is stoked by liquor and drugs.
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Rating: 4/5
Personal Review:
I thought I wouldnt like the movie but I did. This movie garnered several awards separating it with other TL movies. It portrayed the situation of many Filipinos and how they cope up with poverty. It is touching that Basilio loved Paquita unconditionally despite Paquita being a prostitue. In return, she quit her jon and became a good wife and mother.
Favorite Scene:
The end scene. Basilio asked Paquita to teach him to read and write. One day, Basilio wrote a letter to his brother. Put it in a bottle and sealed it. He threw it out in the ocean hoping that the message would reach his brother living in another province. When Basilio died, Paquita went back to thier hometown. She went to the beach and saw this bottle with a letter inside. She opened it and she found out that it was Basilio's letter to her brother saying how happy he is as a married man. Paquita was brought into tears reading the letter.
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