"Philippine Bliss" tells the tale of six modern-day Filipinos living in a single neighborhood, a housing project called B.L.I.S.S., started by the former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos during the Martial Law era. These people, whose names allude to familiar characters from Jose Rizal's novels, narrate their private yet vivid stories of loss, longing, and Third World despair, all intersecting in a public arena that is their packed community. Theirs are lives seen with an oftentimes comic eye, unabashedly bound by a wild and brimming sense of Filipino hope.
Cast
Neil Elpusan
Simon Crisostomo
Menk Cruzat
Sisa
Reinier Lucien
Elias
Therese Carlos
Maria
J.V. Katipunan
Tasyo
Lara Tarranco
Clara
Damaso
itself
Salvi
itself
JP Hernandez
djembe player
Atoy Reyes Jr.
steel trader
Pedring X. Santos
junkyard dog
Nina Dandan
tambay client 1
Cherish Brillon
tambay client 2
Enuh Iglesias
tambay client 3
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