Third World Happy

NOTE: Updated with V2 no Lags (originally posted March 19, 2021).

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.

WESLEY is a 32 year old naturalized Fil-American living in NY City. Upon leaving the Philippines 12 years ago, he left his grandmother and older brother to pursue his dreams of being a painter someday. Hampered with his guilt of leaving them behind plus the pressures of keeping up with the American way of life, the past years have gone by without WESLEY being an inch closer to his dreams. As life would have it, in the middle of his life-crisis away from his homeland, he suddenly gets a phone-call saying that “A loved one” back in the Philippines has died and he needs to come back home to say goodbye. Problem is that two weeks before he came to NY, a tragic accident had taken the lives of his parents, since then he has never looked at a dead body in a coffin and hasn’t gone inside a funeral home. Throughout his homecoming, his older brother, his friends, an aunt and an ex-girlfriend remind him of what life is truly all about—They also help him shine some light on his struggles back in the States and his struggle to look at his loved one in the coffin, to finally say his last goodbye and eventually help him move on with his life and start chasing his dream again.

Director: EJ Salcedo
Stars: Sam Milby, Jodi Sta. Maria, Richard Quan, Melissa Mendez, Archi Adamos, Archie Alemania, Raul Morit, Geraldine Tan, Tweet Sering, Hector Macaso, Sasi Casas, Catherine Noguera, Eugene Herrera, Monzi Reyes, Jason Red, Leon Miguel, Trixia Rada, Russel Abulad

Thanks to user “Eued” for sharing this movie.
Thanks to user “Eued” for sharing this movie.
Thanks to user “Eued” for sharing this movie.