Friday, July 13, 2007 'Pisay' in Cinemalaya indie filmfest
"PISAY" relates the stories of eight Philippine Science High
School (PSHS) students during the 1980s as they come of age in a time filled with excitement and fraught with anxiety.
It tells of Rom, brilliant son of a fish vendor and an overseas contract worker; Wena, daughter of the landowning Ledesmas; Mat, the pudgy, amorous Promdi who has trouble in math; friendly Minggoy, who always seems to get himself involved with everything; Liway, daughter of anti-dictatorship activists; Andy, the listless cadet trainee; Daki, the science genius; and Euri, the boy with artistic flair.
Their stories are woven around the four years and into the science and math courses that they undergo - veritably the most advanced curriculum in the country at the time - and their relationships with each other, their teachers, and ultimately, the school and its social milieu. (Press release)
