MANILA, Philippines?Award-winning actress Gina Pareño shares the screen with real Tondo kids (from L: Ian Villaroel, Vincent Alano, Meljun Guinto, JR Alano ) in the new indie film ?Bakal Boys,? the directorial debut of Ralston Jover.

It?s a reunion for Pareño and Jover, star and writer of the celebrated ?Kubrador.?

Producer Albert Almendralejo says Pareño plays a Tausug woman searching for her grandson, who turns out to have become a bakal boy, or a kid who dives for scrap metal at an abandoned shipyard. Bayani San Diego Jr.