Nonilon Torpez

In 1980s Bacolod City, a young man aspires to continue the family legacy by winning an inter-city pastry competition with the help of his feuding grandfather and grandmother.

Just as she was about to give up on her pursuit of companionship, traumatized, nine-year-old Sol meets and befriends a forest spirit on her tenth birthday, making way for an exploration of healing, identity, and desire in the remaining days before she enters a new school.

In 1980s Bacolod, at the height of Martial Law, Teopisto—a principled yet warmhearted barber known for his strictness and gentle hands—works in a once-prestigious barbershop. Within its wall’s, customers from all walks of life reveal their quiet anxieties, loyalties, and doubts—turning each haircut into a glimpse of a nation in turmoil. As the conversations deepen and tensions rise, Teopisto’s long-held neutrality begins to crack as he is pulled into the very currents of change he once chose to ignore.

Anson witnesses the life and dreams of his father hoping one day he could do the same. Just like many people who live in the same neighborhood, he and his family share an adventure of a lifetime at the heart of downtown Bacolod City.