Teenager, Koy, is desperate to rebuild his family’s life after a fire. His friend, Chito, offers him a dangerous job that forces him to set another slum ablaze.
In this time-defying, satirical adaptation of Miguel López de Legazpi's archived letters, the 16th-century Spanish expedition instead encounters present-day Cebu. The same difficulties with the island’s natives lead to their decision to leave for the other Philippine islands.
While playing his favorite game of Pulis Dunggab, 9-year-old Dongkoy stumbles into an encounter that transforms childhood make-believe into something all too real.
