Joey, a resident of a Manila slum, is a GI baby. He doesn’t know his American father. His mother, an ex-prostitute in Olongapo City (the American Military Base), is forcing the 17-year-old boy to capitalize on his good looks and bluntly tells him to marry a rich girl so that both mother and son will have a comfortable life – an idea he detests – and becomes the object of conflict between them.