简介：Thefilmchroniclesadayinthelifeofthreeambitious,passionatebutmisguidedfilmmakersastheysetouttodoaquickpre-production,acourtesycalltotheirleadactress,EugeneDomingo,andanocularinspectionoftheirfilm’smajorlocation,thePayatasdumpsite.DirectorRainier(KeanCipriano),ProducerBingbong(JMDeGuzman)andProductionAssistantJocelyn(CaiCortez)arewell-to-do,well-educatedfilmschoolgraduateswhoaredeadsetonmakinganOscarworthyfilm.Theybelievetheyhaveawinningscript,theenergyandthedrivetomaketheirdreamscometrue.Likemostfilmmakerstheyknow,theyhavedevisedascreenplaythatwillshowtherealessenceofourculture:poverty.Inthecourseofoneday,theybrainstormandexhaustallpossibletreatmentoftheirproject:thestoryofMila(EugeneDomingo),amotherfromtheslums,whooutofdesperationtosurvive,hassoldherchildtoapedophile.Astheydiscussthepossibleexecutionsofthestory,themovie-within-a-moviegetsreborninJocelyn’simaginationseveraltimes.Asagrittynofrillsneo-realistfilm,asaglossymusical,asanover-the-topmelodramaandasadocudramausingnon-actors.Fortheirlasttaskoftheday,theyvisitthedumpsiteforthefirsttime.Asfilmmakersgunningforauthenticity,theygetexcitedwiththe”beauty”ofthesqualoraroundthem.Soonenough,theyarefacedwithrealityastheycomefacetofacewiththerealeffectsoftheirchosensubject. ThefilmbroketheboxofficerecordsoftheCinemelayaIndependentFilmFestival.Itisthefirstfulllengthfilmtoselloutallofitsshowingswithinthetendaysofshowingatthefestival.Thefilmwasreceivedwellbyfilmcritics.ThefilmearnedatotalofP20milliononitsfirstfivedays.ThefilmcompanysetAugust3,2011foradateofdomesticreleasetoover50theatersnationwide.…