Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros

Amidst the violence presented in this independent film, it is shown that there is no actual villain or antagonist because it focused on the life's adversities of the people, or may we call it somehow as, “man vs society conflict”.

Different cruelties of life experienced by the characters in the film, but in totality, the word POVERTY highlighted it all. It presented the reality of life and gave us the bird’s eye view, especially the lives of the people living in the slum and filth areas.

Due to poverty, there are some people who tend or opt to go into illegal jobs just to find money and make a living. One of the factors that one may enter into illegal jobs, is that, they don't have the educational background that's why they prefer to do it for the sake of their family's needs.

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The protagonist of this film was played by Maximo Oliveros, a loving and caring gay who never get influenced by the violence done by his family and who’s been in love with a police officer. His utmost love and care to his family were his strength. He became the “lady” in their home after her mother passed away.

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The intervening characters played by his father Paco, brothers Boy and Bogs and his crush police officer Victor were the ones who helped and shaped the character of Maximo.

On the other hand, diegesis was applied to the film, especially during the scene where some aggressive policemen went to his house to find and look for evidence and to seize if his family is using drugs and pistols. The next focus of the camera was the middle shot of Maximo showing with a confused face. Then the next frame was when he went inside the house seeing all their things in a mess. The diegesis in here was seeing the total mess of the things in their house without seeing the shot or frame where those policemen made the total mess in their house.

This film is a mesmerizing piece of actually in the midst of family, crime, poverty, forbidden love and everything in between. Also, this film is an eye opener and an educational film, especially in accepting the third sex in the society.