Award-winning director Lino Brokas's hardiwork is evident in each of the cinematic treasures included in this anthology. Three separate stories about people who, in different ways, seek a way out of the lives they have become trapped in. In the first installment, "Mga Hugis ng Pag- Asa", we follow young drug addict, Noni ( Jay Ilagan ), as he struggles through a drug rehabilitation program and also tries to become to terms with issues regarding his percentage. The second film, " Hellow, Soldier ", tells the story of Gina ( Hilda Koronel ), as GI baby who arranges a meeting with her American father in the hopes that he will take her away from the squalor of the slums where she lives, even if it means leaving her birth mother behind. The final story, " Bukas, Madilim, Bukas " concerns the frustrations of Rosenda ( Lolita Rodriguez ), a good catholic daughter who has given up her own life and dreams to tend to her domineering.