A Japanese super robot cartoon makes it to the top of the charts. A son receives an unexpected email from a father he has not heard from in 27 years. A struggling musician composes a love song for a national competition and wins an all-expenses-paid trip to America. A man and his lover enjoy a new life together. An advertising creative makes a pitch for the country’s no. 2 fast food brand. A woman returns to her hometown. A renaissance man steps into a polar bear costume. A boy becomes the first Filipino to land on the moon. Not necessarily in that order. JOY is music, ecstasy, grace, virtuality, mercy, food, America, sadness, sex, electronics, animatronics, death, pretending, aspiring, middle age, coming of age, one-night stands, and the nation. Not necessarily in that order.
