A Journey, a Filipino Movie

     For some years I've not watched Filipino films for the simple reason of its predictable plots. With the recommendation of a Filipino-American friend, I watched A Journey, that my friend said as outstanding in Netflix

It is a very touching tale of love and friendship

     Three childhood friends were still bonded as friends when they grow older, even as two of them, a boy and a girl, became a couple and the third guy was their close friend. The girl was dying of cancer so she had a bucket list to do at least before she died, which included a trip to Australia in an effort to meet her long-lost father who separated from her mother for some melodramatic reasons. She met her father and they had a wonderful time on her last happy moments on earth. After their journey, ticking all those in the bucket list, they returned to the Philippines only to experience a tragic ending. The husband died of a stroke suddenly, dying ahead of the sick wife, and subsequently the wife died of cancer peacefully.