Third World Happy(2010)
Wesley was a Fil-Am and a naturalized citizen when he left Philippines 12 years ago. In America, he aspired to become a painter, revealed that his parents died before he left the country to finish his dreams. Years later, he received a phone call that his loved one died and he was required to visit the wake. There he met his ex-girlfriend, his friends, his aunt and his own older brother will be his guide to give him a shining light and give him the courage to look at the coffin and say his last goodbyes.
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Wesley was a Fil-Am and a naturalized citizen when he left Philippines 12 years ago. In America, he aspired to become a painter, revealed that his parents died before he left the country to finish his dreams. Years later, he received a phone call that his loved one died and he was required to visit the wake. There he met his ex-girlfriend, his friends, his aunt and his own older brother will be his guide to give him a shining light and give him the courage to look at the coffin and say his last goodbyes.
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