A new "century" starts with a film from the Philippines. "The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros" is the captivating story of the youngest son in a male-centric family of theives and "players" in a Manila slum, i.e. Maxi's coming of age. It's poignant, tender, violent, and complex as a story. As a film, it's wonderfully composed.
You enter a world not your own, you meet and follow the lives of characters who are both good and bad, you see both the best we have to offer one another and the worst; and in the end Maxi survives to pursue what we hope is a better tomorrow.
What more could you ask for in a film?
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