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Mystrio

1998

A light, often silly teen comedy that slowly reveals a sobering social reality, leaving a bittersweet aftertaste.

Overview
Three boys are confronted with what they perceive as a challenge to prove their masculinity in a story about sexual awakening. Paul is a show-off whose obnoxious ways mask deep insecurities. Cris is the klutz who tries to please everyone but ends up pleasing no one. And Caloy is the scholarly over-protected son more interested in surfing the net than meeting people. They are out to prove themselves real men but they almost always fall flat on their faces. During an out-of-town school seminar, the trio sees a good chance to finally visit a prostitution house with the three other villains in their lives trying also vainly to thwart their every move by picturing them as bad boys. So Paul, Cris and Caloy enter the red house but, instead of losing their innocence, they uncover the shocking reality that girls forced to work there are minors.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • friendship
  • class
  • guilt
Places
  • small town
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Edgardo Vinarao
Starring
Paolo Contis, Kristopher Peralta, Carlos Agassi, Jaime Fabregas, Angela Velez, Chesca Garcia, Jodi Sta. Maria, Rez Cortez
Country
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Languages
Tagalog

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