Boylets (2009)

Boylets (2009) Country: Philippines Release Year: 2009 Director: Crisaldo Pablo Writer: Crisaldo Pablo Language: Filipino, Tagalog Genre: Drama Runtime: 90 min Cast: Joeffrey Javier, Charles Delgado Francis Sienes, Siegfred Riosa Tisha Tepace Studio: Sinehan Digitales Productions Queeriosity Project Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1529239/ Available on:

Krys is a middle class high school student and his bestfriend Joef who has been abandoned by his only living parent is turning eighteen and plans to leave the next day to trace his father's roots. As Krys attempts to make Joef chnage his mind, we get a glimpse of the lives of his friends, some out of school youth in the nearby slums who pass the day stealing copper wires, scavenging for iron scraps and servicing gays for sex. as Krys attempts to control his friend's life's peripheral characters, we see a middle class person trying to be the poor people's hero. But our young protagonist finds out that life, at least , for people living in poverty, is not at all that bad. Will Krys be able to stop Joef from leaving ?