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Happyland

Happyland

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 5, 2010

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Happyland

Director

Jim Libiran

Description

It’s not easy for ambition to survive in a place like Tondo, one of the poorest and roughest slums of Manila. But thirteen-year-old Chrisval de Castro, who has lived in Tondo all his life, isn’t afraid to dream big. Almost every day, the first year high school student and part-time padyak boy can be spotted practicing football on the streets outside his house. He dreams of playing football for the Philippine national team one day.