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Intro – poverty – lack of educ – conclusion and reaction

Pamilya Ordinaryo

What I like about the film is that it never sugarcoat any of the reflections of the scenes
Scammers and frauds everywhere, people who won’t hesitate to take advantage of
other’s problems
Not to mention the opportunists journalists/media who are not really concerned of their
situation but are just using their story for clout and lscope
“Even is they feed him expensive milk”
“Even is they wrap him in golden diapers”
“My baby won’t be their baby”

Jane – young mother

Aries – rugby boi
Arjan – jane and aries son
Ertha – ninakaw anak nila jane, aries
- Mukhang mabait sa una
Alma
Pulis - korap
Kapitana – napilitan lang tumulong kala mo mabait sarap sunugin yung bahay

Unfortunately they never got their child back

But to be honest, many people in reality never had their happy ending
It’s a way to show us that for ordinary people,
There is no end to scenarios like this
Many even, have experienced the same
Never got their justice and more lost hope
“Pamilya Ordinaryo” stars Hasmine Killip and Ronwaldo Martin as Jane and Aries
respectively. Two delinquent teenagers who resort to stealing to provide for themselves
and their baby boy, Arjan. Conflict starts when a Samaritan named Ertha (Moira Lang)
stole their baby. What follows is a tale of endless search that inadvertently reveals how
marginalized and deprived impoverished people are.

It might require you to muster an extraordinary amount of courage before watching as it

gets heavier as the narrative moves along but that’s reality anyway. Isn’t a movie
supposed to mirror reality, even if it’s ugly?

The film, Pamilya Ordinaryo, depicts the everyday life of teenage

parents, Aries and Jane Ordinaryo, as they struggle to raise their child through
pickpocketing until fate decides to give them a dose of their own medicine.
Pamilya Ordinaryo is a heartbreaking sketch of a Philippine reality. If you are well aware
of this reality already, then this movie serves as a reminder that things are getting
worse. If you are aware but uninformed, then this film will disturb you. If you are neither
aware nor informed, then this will move you to tears; if it doesn’t, melt your heart with
compassion.

There are many Illiterate and homeless children in the country

Yes there are many homeless kids out there. You can see them roaming around the
streets, sleeping on the sidewalks, knocking on your car window, or begging for food or
coins as you pass by. They live on the streets and their life is on the streets. Most of
them do not know how to read or write. And you can expect that their sentences are
marred with foul words. Pamilya Ordinaryo gives you exactly that picture. No sugar
coating. It is as we see it happening in reality.

Too many teenage mothers

It is no secret that there is a higher rate of teenage pregnancy than before. There are
moms as young as sixteen raising children born out of wedlock. Even worse is the fact
that it is rampant in all classes – rich, middle class, and poor. The upper classes have
the means to sufficiently provide for the kid. But what about those people living on the
streets like Jane? We know it is a lot worse for them and their children.
Most of the time, we are more selfish than selfless.
In this film, there is a thin line between selfishness and selflessness. Probably when
Aries and Jane were pilfering so they have food to eat, it looks very selfish. But when
they start doing that so they can find and get their baby back, do you think it is still a
selfish act?

Pamilya Ordinaryo paints a picture of how a seemingly selfless act can turn out to be a
selfish one. People were helping them because they will gain something out of it. For
the radio and TV stations, it was good press. For others, it was money and pleasure. In
the entirety of the film, there was only one person who was willing to help them without
expecting shit. The lady in white who helped Jane report at the security of the
supermarket.
Reality #5: A good mother will do everything to get her child back.
Losing a child is a real heartbreaker for any mother. In this film, there were two moms
that were depicted, Jane’s mother and Jane herself. Jane’s mom is one of those
mothers who care more for their vices and bisyo than their kid. It was the reason that
Jane opted to live on the streets.
Jane, on the other hand, though a teenage mother, sets an example of what it is like to
be a good mother. She will do everything to get her child back. Of course, I do not agree
with all her actions, but her love for her child motivates and compels her to act. She was
duped, maligned, and taken advantage of, but she kept going and looking for her baby,
Arjan.
Perhaps, this film is one of those that I will not easily forget. Particularly this question
Aries Ordinaryo posited to Jane: “Paano kung okay ang buhay ni baby Arjan doon sa
pamilya na iyon. Maaalagaan siya maigi, maibibigay ang mga bagay na hindi natin
kayang ibigay, kukunin mo pa ba siya?”

Roy Jr. has a very compelling way of making two very unlikable characters so pitiful and
hopeless to the point that we the audience actual care for these kids.

The film definitely takes you into the street life and makes you aware of your
surroundings knowing that you truly can't trust anyone. The cinematography consisted
of very long takes, which I love because you get to see not only the talent of the
cinematographer, but the talents of the actors whose acting is captured in this one
continuous, un-cut scene. The story of the film is just so depressing to watch, I felt like
garbage after this film ended. This film is as up to par on the Depression Meter with
"Requiem for a Dream" (2000) and "12 Years a Slave" (2013).

Overall "Pamilya Ordinaryo" is a very well crafted and depressing film to watch and all
of the performances is what truly carries the film to success. The film makes me grateful
for the life I have knowing that others out in the world truly have it harder than me and
many of you out there as well.

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Now let's get down to the meat of this. Despite me liking this film it was just so
depressing to watch. Whenever these kids think they'll get help they either get no help
at all or are just used as tools for people. For example the character of Jane goes down
to the police station to file a report that her baby was stolen. The police captain notices
she's very young to have a child for her age so decides to harass her in a sexual
manner. He asks her "when was your first f***?", "Show me how you breastfeed your
baby." and just many other disturbing questions and requests. That was by far the most
uncomfortable scene in the film. The two go to a radio station to publicly announce their
loss to see if anyone can help them but are just cast to the side. A news channel
conducts an interview with the two young couple and take their story and made it into
entertainment by transforming their story into a corny bio-pic. The list goes on and on.

The other thing is that the film made me feel gross. I mean the thought of two teenagers
who have a baby, live on the street, and have their baby kidnapped by a transvestite.
It's gross and it's sick.

Now many people in my audience did not like the ending and were disappointed. The
ending is the two hopping on a bus after getting chased from the police. The film doesn't
resolve whether they find Baby Arjan because we the audience know what's going to
happen. The two couple will never find their child, and will either continue to look for him
until they get arrested by the authorities, or eventually give up their hopes of finding him.
There's no reason for the film to have a conventional ending that's not so open ended
because there's no hope for the two characters. Even if they find Baby Arjan they will
never be able to support their child or even take care of it due to them being homeless,
not having jobs, and having no money. The film will have a sad ending either way.