Pinoy Sunday - 台北星期天 [2010]

Release Date: 7 May 2010
Origin : Taiwan,Philippines
Genre: Drama,Comedy
Director : Ho Wi Ding
Starring:Epy Quizon, Bayani Agbayani, Alessandra De Rossi, Meryll Soriano, Novia Lin Ruo Ya, Mo Zi Yi, Chang Hsiao Chuan, Lu Yi Ching, Zeng Bao Yi

Synopsis
Manuel Imson (Epy Quizon) and Dado Lopega (Bayani Agbayani) are two Filipino overseas foreign workers working together in a bicycle factory located in a suburb of Taipei. Both are from Kalibo and they stay in a factory dormitory and are required to follow the strict curfew rules every night.

One Sunday both take a long bus ride to Taipei's "Little Philippines" located on Zhongshan North Road to hang out with fellow Filipino foreign workers. For Dado it is time for him to express his guilt inside the church for his extra-marital affair with Anna (Meryll Soriano) and later breaks up with her.

Manuel, meanwhile decides to end his relationship with Cecilia (Alessandra De Rossi), after discovering she is sleeping with her employer's husband. On the same afternoon they discover an abandoned leather couch on a street. After inspecting the couch and found it is still in good shape they decide to bring them back to their dormitory.

Since the delivery service for the couch is too expensive they decide to bring it home using a public bus. But again the sofa is too big to fit into the bus so they have no choice but to carry the couch using their own foot. Their hardworking characters force them to face with the busy Taipei traffic and using various mixtures of languages and slangs.

Their suspicious action soon attract the attention of the police crew and TV news. After the police checking revealed no couch has been reported to be stolen they are free to go. Night soon approaches and a river become the biggest obstacle for them to return home in time. Can they bring the couch home before the curfew time end?

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Posted in: Comedy,Drama