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Filipinos have close family ties. Families has been the unit of society and everything revolves around it. It ordinarily consists of grandparents, the parents, and the children. Respect for the elders is one Filipino trait that has remained in the book of unwritten laws. The Filipino parent exercises almost absolute powers over the children. I have decided to watch a Filipino movie where I can observe some of my native culture and try to relate to them. Identity crisis has to be one of the greatest problems any teenager will face in his or her life. This story was based on a young, whitewashed Filipino American who was reacquainted with his ethnic culture, while dealing with both a tradition-minded father and a romantic infatuation with a classmate. Dante Basco, star of Fakin’ da Funk Festival 1998 plays Ben Mercado in this movie, a gifted young high school senior who enrolls in a prestigious art school in order to achieve his dream of becoming an animator. However, his plans come into conflict with those of his immigrant father Roland (Tirso CruzIII), a postal worker