The Clemente family is off to an outing but teenage son, Nicos, seems out of it. Nicos is besotted with his ladylove, Mattina, whom he can’t quite figure out. The inside info that Nicos gets from Mattina’s younger sister, Bettina, doesn’t seem to be helping. Seeing his son’s despair, Nicos’ father finally shares to his son an ancient family heirloom. It is a 100-year old manual containing the secrets, alphabetically arranged, of how men in their clan courted women. Through this, Nicos finally learns what every man should know by heart the ABC’s of what women truly want.
Nicos
Yaya
Ate Ashira
Mommy Sandy
Daddy Emil
Gio
The Clemente family is off to an outing but teenage son, Nicos, seems out of it. Nicos is besotted with his ladylove, Mattina, whom he can’t quite figure out. The inside info that Nicos gets from Mattina’s younger sister, Bettina, doesn’t seem to be helping. Seeing his son’s despair, Nicos’ father finally shares to his son an ancient family heirloom. It is a 100-year old manual containing the secrets, alphabetically arranged, of how men in their clan courted women. Through this, Nicos finally learns what every man should know by heart the ABC’s of what women truly want.
2011-06-11
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An original Filipino Musical about the ABaKaDa of love
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