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Audio Format: DD 2.0
Video Format: Full Screen
Languages: Tagalog
Subtitles: English
Region Code: ALL
Year Made: 2009
Running Time: 90
Release Date: 09/11/2009
What happens when a member of a family suddenly dies? What if the family of the deceased is not ready for the eventual passing away of their loved ones – how does one cope with the event?
This is the story of the late Juanito Hernandez and his bereaved family.
The story unfolds with the ever observant eye of Bobet, a grandson of the deceased, who, in the process also learns the various complexities of what death could bring to the living members of the family. The drama that ensues in dealing with the loss is usually the springboard of comic instances and happenings in the event. And so with the revelations of long kept secrets, pent up emotions and other bones of the skeleton in the closet.
The Hernandez is of a vending family in the local market of Tondo, Manila. Isidro, the eldest of the brood is a meat vendor, Dolores, is a fruit vendor, Mameng, is into home-cooked dishes and Charing is a vegetable vendor, Joonee, the second to the youngest is not of the vending business. Since all of them are purveyors, the main bodily instrument that they use is their voice boxes. Indeed, the Hernandez family is a family of voice-projectionists and loud-mouths.
Through the course of the wake, Bobet is introduced and educated to the various superstitious beliefs that involve death practices. No one is allowed to sweep and clean the premises of the wake. Members of the immediate family are not to accompany anyone to the door or gate when leaving. Red is not the appropriate color to wear in attending a wake and many more.
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