Model home: A short feature film

• Main Authors: Firmalo, Eduardo, Mauricio, Carlos, Medina, Neil
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Feature films; Death > Psychological aspects; Bereavement > Psychological aspects; Grief
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/7610
• Institution: De La Salle University

Death is something that everyone has to deal with eventually. It could be one's own, or that of a loved one. Regardless, when an unexpected death of a loved one happens suddenly, it could lead to mixed reactions and emotions from the ones left behind. For the Hernandez family, the death of their youngest member, Miggy, has had different effects on each member of the family. Miggy's older brother, Luke is a struggling architecture student who strives to be a better person in order to erase the guilt that he feels. His mother, Norah, has been nothing but distant and cold ever since the death of her youngest son. Santy, the unemployed spouse of Norah, is the only one who seems to have moved on, and makes up for his lack of financial sense by becoming a loving father and husband. Until Luke can forgive himself, and until Norah can accept the fact that her son is gone, the Hernandez home is a ticking time bomb of conflicting emotions.