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Happyland 2010 Directed by Jim Libiran

It’s not easy for ambition to survive in a place like Tondo, one of the poorest and roughest slums of Manila. But thirteen-year-old Chrisval de Castro, who has lived in Tondo all his life, isn’t afraid to dream big. Almost every day, the first year high school student and part-time padyak boy can be spotted practicing football on the streets outside his house. He dreams of playing football for the Philippine national team one day.

Country USA
Production Country Philippines
Language English
Spoken Language Tagalog
Gnere Drama
Release Date 5 December 2010
95 mins