magnifico

the movie magnifico is truly an inspiring movie. it is about a poor family and the struggles they go through just to survive. the father has a well enough job to provide for his family but since his mother falls off the roof they do not have enough money to buy the medicine needed. they also have a daughter who is mentally ill. and their eldest son who is a scholar in manila came back from to the province saying that he had lost his scholarship.

this family has plenty going on for them. magnifico, the middle child, tries his best to do what he can. when he found out that his family do not have enough money he decided to make a "kabaong" for his lola so that they wouldn't have to worry about that money. and there was a "fiesta" coming up and he wanted to bring his sister. so he had sold water and juice at the fiesta so that he could earn enough money to buy a wheelchair for his sister so he could bring her to the last day of the fiesta. although the money that he had saved was used for the medicine of his lola. so in the end magnifico had to carry his sister on his back all the way to the fiesta.

i hate that at the end of the movie, while they were at the fiesta almost everything that could be lucky to happen to magnifico happened. they were able to get free food. they were able to ride for free in the rides they wanted to try out. it was if it was a sign that something bad will surely happen. and ofcourse it did happen. magnifico gets run over by a fast moving vehicle.

its really horrible how something so tragic has to happen just for people to realize the good that one person has done for them. magnifico had to die just for his family to realize the greatness that he has done.

the most painful part is how the kabaong that he had made for his grandmother ended up to be his.