Fifteen-year-old Jen doesn't have a very happy life - bullied by classmates, dumped by her boyfriend and picked on by her mom. Seeking comfort in a violent gang of girls led by her cousin, and in the arms of her Filipino teacher Ariel, things...
The armed conflict between the Philippine military and the communist resistance at the beginning of the 1990s forms the backdrop to this study of three individuals who, for different reasons, are trying to resolve an untenable situation...