BATANG PX
The PX Kid
Fourteen-year-old Amboy is a young boy in search of his biological father, an American military serviceman assigned in Olongapo. Tessie is Amboy's mother frequently falling for the wrong man. Amboy only knows his father through stories told by his mother. Tessie paints a good picture of Amboy's father, Michael Dahoff, despite his having abandoned Amboy before he was born. Seeing the boy's longing for his father, Tessie tries to find a suitable father for Amboy and make their family whole again. Amboy thus finds a hard time in coping with the emotional and economic difficulties of being an Amerasian and facing the reality that his American father can't accept him.
Awards and Citations:
Cited by the Young Critics Circle for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay (Jose Javier Reyes) and Best Actor (Patrick Garcia) in 1997
Winner of the 21st Gawad Urian and 16th Annual Film Academy of the Philippines awards for Best Actress (Zsa zsa Padilla), 1997
14th PMPC Star Awards for Best Actor (Patrick Garcia), Best Editing ( Danny Gloria) and Best Actress ( Zsazsa Padilla)
Participant at the Looking Back, Moving Ahead: A Celebration of Filipino Cinema, Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, 1998
Participant at the Hawaii International Film Festival, 1998
Direction: Jose Javier Reyes
Screenplay: Jose Javier Reyes
Cinematography: Eduard Achacoso
Film Editing: Danny Gloria
Production Design: Benjie de Guzman
Music: Nonong Buencamino and Ramon Reyes
Producers: Charo Santos-Concio, Malou N. Santos, Trina N. Dayrit, Mhalouh Crisologo
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Cast:
Patrick Garcia
Zsa Zsa Padilla
Laura James
Edu Manzano
Nida Blanca
Cherrie Pie Picache
Eula Valdez
Anna Larrucea | 
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1997 Color 113 minutes by Star Cinema Productions
Shown on February 2 and February 10, 2000.
