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Program 17
Arclight Hollywood • 2:15 p.m.
 
MAGNIFICO
(Philippines, 2003) Dir.: Maryo J. de los Reyes; Scr.: Michiko Yamamoto
Magnifico, age nine, is a young boy whose amazing love, faith and courage shine through life’s sadness and misfortunes. His father Gerry thought he would grow up like his older brother Miong, an intelligent young man studying as a scholar in Manila. Magnifico is considered a disappointment because contrary to his name, there is seemingly nothing great about him. When Miong loses his scholarship in Manila, his parents also lose all their hope in having a better life. Added to Miong's failure, Magnifico’s youngest sibling Helen has Cerebral Palsy and doesn’t speak; and grandmother Magda is also diagnosed to have a terminal illness.  Magnifico's sympathetic heart leads him to help his family by planning the burial of his sick grandmother…
35mm, 123 min., color, Narrative, in Tagalog w/Eng. subtitles
 
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