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Happyland

Dec 5, 2010
1h 35m
★ 0.0

Overview

It’s not easy for ambition to survive in a place like Tondo, one of the poorest and roughest slums of Manila. But thirteen-year-old Chrisval de Castro, who has lived in Tondo all his life, isn’t afraid to dream big. Almost every day, the first year high school student and part-time padyak boy can be spotted practicing football on the streets outside his house. He dreams of playing football for the Philippine national team one day.

Genres

Drama

Cast

Mo Ibrahim

Ismail

Mo Ibrahim

Joseph Anthony Cerdeña

Ramil

Joseph Anthony Cerdeña

John Andreau

John Andreau

Peter Amores

Peter Amores

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