Third World Happy

Third World Happy is a 2010 Philippine drama film directed by EJ Salcedo and starring Sam Milby and Jodi Sta. Maria as former partners.[1] The film debuted 11 November 2010 at the Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival,[2] and had theatrical release across the Philippines on May 25, 2011.[3][4][5]

Third World Happy
Film poster
Directed byEJ Salcedo
Starring
Distributed byCinema One Originals
Release date
Running time
100 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

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, he became a Fulbright scholar to achieve it. 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. It is revealed that his Kuya Danny was the dead one after all.

Cast

Accolades

References
  1. Ortiz, Philbert (25 May 2011). "Movie Review for Third World Happy: On Melancholy and Doubt". ClickTheCity. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ., staff (13 November 2010). "Cinema One screening sked". Philippine Star. Retrieved 24 January 2016.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ., staff (19 May 2011). "Third World Happy screened at SM". Philippine Star. Retrieved 24 January 2016.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ., staff (28 January 2011). "A fruitful 2010 for Richard Quan". Philippine Star. Retrieved 24 January 2016.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Hernando, Mario A. (2 June 2011). "Coping with grief, coming to terms". Philippine Star. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
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