"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.
as Simon Crisostomo
as Sisa
as Elias
as Maria
as Tasyo
as Clara
as itself
as itself
as djembe player
as steel trader
as junkyard dog
as tambay client 1
as tambay client 2
as tambay client 3
