An impressive social drama from the Philippines, really getting at you. The situation in the countryside is desperate, most parents can’t even feed their children. So two brothers decide to find work in the city. With two other boys in a similar situation they live in a hut and live off what they find or people give them. They care for each other and can rely on the group. But when the oldest falls in love with a rich girl, disaster takes its course. One of the boys gets shot when trying to steal solvent for sniffing. The other two get wrecked by this dangerous drug.
German premiere
