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Set in a dilapidated but magical greenhouse in the outskirts of Rizal, the movie unfolds over the course of a single rainy season. As Ramon tends to dying orchids and rare ferns, he learns that like plants, humans also need the right soil, sunlight, and pruning to grow again.
The film follows Ramon (played by breakout indie actor Nico Tenorio), a middle-aged ex-convict who has just finished a 15-year sentence for a crime of passion. Society has no place for him. His family has disowned him. With nowhere to go, he finds refuge as a live-in gardener for a reclusive, aging botanist named Lola Esperanza (Veteran actress Menggie Cobarrubias).