Plot
Max is a livestreamer who is the illegitimate son of Maximo "Boy Kana" Maniego Sr., a popular action star turned politician, and his former film assistant, Ali, who now works as a weaver in Pinili. After Max impregnates his girlfriend Marie May and gets into a fight after he refuses to assume responsibility for the child, Max chastises Ali for concealing him from his father and failing to provide him with a birth certificate. He resolves to go to his residence in Cavite, only to learn in a news bulletin that his father has just died, leaving behind nearly 100 children whom he had issued with a "Boy Kana" card, a proof of parental identity that guarantees its holders financial benefits.
Max arrives to find hordes of mourners at the Maniego residence, along with others claiming to be Boy Kana's children, including Rizza, who is seeking treatment for a rare heart condition that runs in the Maniego family. Max feigns Rizza's symptoms to gain the trust of Mother Betty, the president of a Boy Kana fan club. As Betty sings Boy Kana's praises, Ali arrives and reveals Max is not sick, to Betty’s wrath. Ali takes Max aside and finally explains that Boy Kana reneged on his promise to join her and leave his wife Perla after they had an affair, and that she fled to Pinili after Perla offered to raise Max in exchange for Ali cutting off ties with the Maniegos. Max forgives Ali and resolves to go home. On their way out, Max apologizes to Mother Betty, but the latter realizes the truth of Max's parentage after she remembers that Boy Kana did have an affair with Ali. Mother Betty, frustrated at Perla barring her from seeing Boy Kana one last time, agrees to help Max see his father by helping him break into the Maniego mansion.
Inside, Max is chased by the Maniegos' dog and hides in the women's restroom, where he stumbles upon Boy Kana's only legitimate child, Maximo Jr., who was disowned for coming out as gay and now goes by the name Coca Royales. The two become sympathetic to each other's plight, with Coca helping Max distract the guards on his way to see their late father. Arriving at the viewing hall, Max discovers that his father's corpse is a mannequin as Perla arrives and leads him to an urn containing Boy Kana's ashes. Perla reveals that Boy Kana was an irresponsible father in real life and tasked Perla instead with looking out for his illegitimate children, which include posing as an anonymous customer for Ali's textiles and a pseudonymic fan of Max's livestreams. Perla offers to make Max a famous film star like his father, but Max, disillusioned by Boy Kana's neglect, rejects the offer and leaves with Ali before Perla can present him with his own Boy Kana card.
After returning to Pinili, Ali provides Max with his birth certificate, enabling him to graduate high school. Max, determined to avoid repeating his father's mistakes, reconciles with Marie May and accepts responsibility for their child.
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