Hapi ang Buhay

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Hapi ang Buhay
Genre Situational comedy
Created by Net 25
INCinema Productions
Written byCarlo Jay Ortega Cuevas
Stephanie Mayo
Denis Bustamante
Directed byCarlo Jay Ortega Cuevas
StarringVarious
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes11 (as of December 10, 2016)
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera setup
Running time45 min. (w/o commercials)
Original release
Network Net 25
ReleaseMarch 5 (2016-03-05) 
December 10, 2016 (2016-12-10)

Hapi ang Buhay (lit. "life is happy") is a Philippine television sitcom. It is the first sitcom to be produced by Net 25 of the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, in cooperation with INCinema Productions.

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Hapi ang Buhay is the sequel-spinoff of Walang Take Two, which was nominated at the 2016 International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema [1] for Best Comedy. The first season premiered on March 6, 2016. [2] The second season launched on December 10, 2016.

The sitcom is directed by Carlo Jay Ortega Cuevas, who won Best Director of a Foreign Feature Film at the 2016 Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema [3] in London for Walang Take Two.

Plot

The sitcom is a stark illustration of an urban community, where the main characters deal with relevant social issues. The sitcom has no main protagonist but rather focuses on various characters and their present dilemma.

Part of the sitcom's mainstay cast are the lead characters from Walang Take Two, including the titular Hapi (John Stevenson Tabangay), an aspiring filmmaker, Onyok (Edward Rudolph Flores), his level-headed ally, and the overconfident Caloy (Erbil Escano).

The Indian loan shark, Alfajor (Wilson Tapalla), the mischievous Oblax (Dennis Garcia), and the vain and narcissistic Dondon (Genesis Gomez) also join the regular cast. [2]

Cast

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References

  1. Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 "Eagle Broadcasting Corporation launches its newest sitcom: "Hapi Ang Buhay"". Eagle News. March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  3. Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine