Alagwa -Breakaway (2012)

“Alagwa” is a word I have never heard of before. I had no idea what this indie film is all about. However its reputation precedes it as a winner in various award-giving bodies before, both here and abroad, as a winner as Best Picture and Best Actor for star Jericho Rosales. This is definitely a must-watch film. Robert Lim is a financially-strapped, harassed single dad to his young son Brian. When his beloved son apparently gets kidnapped in a mall one day, Robert never stopped looking for him, even if this quest led him straight to the dark sinister underbelly of Chinatown, into the lair of a child-smuggling syndicate. Will father ever get reunited with his son?