Asian Film Festival of Dallas 2008

After the death of his mother, 12-year-old Hector arrives in Manila to live permanently with his grandmother, Lita, a woman whom he has never met. Longing to find a connection to his new environment, Hector joins a group of petty hustlers and his clumsy actions get him caught while breaking into the home of Jose, a 59-year-old former photographer. Jose insists that Hector work off the damage he's done, but he soon takes the boy under his wing, teaching him a bit about photography and giving him chores to keep him out of trouble. With all this time being spent with Jose, Hector stumbles upon Jose's past. For years, Jose has been spying on his daughter Rosa, who is unaware of her birth father's identity. Oblivious to the “can of worms” Hector is about to open, he takes it upon himself to follow Rosa and reunite father and daughter as a way to repay Jose.