Summaries

"Mga Dayo" portrays the personal struggles of three Filipina immigrants - a journalist, a photographer and a hotel housekeeper. Ella (Olga Natividad) is a housekeeping supervisor at a hotel who's finding it difficult to juggle her responsibilities at work and at home. Miriam (Janela Buhain) is a journalist nursing the pain of a broken relationship. And photographer Alex (Sue Prado) has just lost her job, and is days away from being sent back to the Philippines. As the island of Guam celebrates the classic American holiday of Thanksgiving, the lives of these three Pinay resident aliens intersect.—Indie Junkie

Guam, USA, Thanksgiving Day. Alex, a local newspaper photographer, gets into a 'green card marriage' with her good friend James, a Guam-born Filipino. Miriam, a former member of the Philippine press and now an established Guam journalist, longs to repair a damaged relationship with her American husband. Ella, a hotel housekeeper for almost 20 years, finds means of sending her 88-year old mother to the Philippines with the uncertainty of coming back. As the island of Guam celebrates this classic American holiday when people count their blessing and give thanks, the lives of the three Filipina immigrants intersect and find themselves at a tug-o-war of sacrifice and significance where they must find their home or must they find it somewhere else.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • journalist
  • photographer
  • hotel
  • filipino
  • guam
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Jul 20, 2012
Countries of origin Philippines Guam
Official sites Official site
Language English Filipino Tagalog
Production companies Cinemalaya Insights Works Productions

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Runtime 1h 17m
Color Color
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