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Directed by
  
EJ Salcedo

Running time
  
100 minutes

Initial release
  
25 May 2011 (Philippines)

Distributed by
  
Cinema One Originals

Country
  
Philippines

Director
  
E.J. Salcedo

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Starring
  
Sam Milby Jodi Sta. Maria Melissa Mendez Archie Alemania

Release date
  
November 11, 2010 (2010-11-11) (Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival) May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25) (Cinema One)

Cast
  
Sam Milby, Jodi Santamaria, Melissa Mendez, Richard Quan, Geraldine Tan

Similar
  
Apparition, Harvest Home, Bona, Bulaklak sa City Jail, Adela

Third World Happy is a 2010 Philippine drama film directed by EJ Salcedo, and starring Sam Milby and Jodi Sta. Maria as former partners. The film debuted 11 November 2010 at the Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival, and had theatrical release across the Philippines on May 25, 2011.

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Plot

Wesley (Sam Milby) was a Fil-Am and a naturalized citizen when he left Philippines 12 years earlier. In America, he aspired to become a painter, and revealed that his parents died before he left the country to finish his dreams. Years later, he received a phone call that his loved one died and he was required to visit the wake. There he met his ex-girlfriend (Jodi Sta. Maria), his friends, his aunt and his own older brother will be his guide to give him a shining light and give him the courage to look at the coffin and say his last goodbyes.

Cast

  • Sam Milby as Wesley
  • Jodi Sta. Maria as Aylnn
  • Melissa Mendez as Aunt Beth
  • Archie Alemania as Lyndon
  • Richard Quan as Danny
  • Archie Adamos as Tiyong Boy
  • Raul Morit as Mang Teng
  • Geraldine Tan as Aylnn's Mother
  • Eugene Herrera as Dexter
  • Awards and nominations

  • 2910, Won Festival Prize for 'Best Supporting Actress' for Jodi Sta. Maria at Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival
  • 2010, Nominated for Festival Prize as 'Best Picture' for EJ Salcedo at Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival
  • 2011, Nominated for Gawad Urian Award for 'Best Actor' for Sam Milby at Gawad Urian Awards
  • References

    Third World Happy Wikipedia