My Partner
Two high school boys from different social worlds experience romantic feelings for each other. Edmar, a high-performing Filipino student, and Pili, a Native Hawaiian student-athlete, learn that navigating self-growth and teenage love in Hawaiʻi is as complicated as their understanding and love for Hawaiʻi and it’s ever-changing cultural landscape.
Cast
Kaipo Dudoit
as Pili
Jayron Munoz
as Edmar
Dan Francis Rodriguez
as Zack
Bryant de Venecia
as Cedric
Kaleo Pinto
as Kona
AʻAlona Monteilh
as Haku
Malelega Lauano
as Sina
Justine Albert
as Ms. Thomas
Charieze Cacayorin
as Maymay
Alakaʻi Lastimado
as Jack
Reviews
CinemaSerf
There’s a bit of rivalry between the indigenous young men of Hawai’i and those of Philipino heritage whom they think cavalier about the natural resources of their pristine islands. That hostility extends into school where “Pili” (Kaipo Dudoit) and his older lads like to pick on “Edmar” (Jayson Munoz...
