Althea Jessy Navarez

A little girl dreams of seeing her father until she finds his image in a painting.

In a world shaped by hardship and resilience, Antonio clings to a simple yet unbreakable hope: that his family’s love and humble labor will help them survive a merciless cycle of poverty and oppression. But as unrest sweeps through their factory, Antonio’s life takes a drastic turn, revealing a hard choice between loyalty and survival.

Finding himself already weak to take care of his granddaughter, Tay Edoy, a 70-year-old fisherman decides to give up 8-year-old Celyn to her other grandparents. The journey from the seaside to the farmland becomes the two’s final moment together before they separate ways.