Jorge e( Greate} Fy lipine Food [puckEXT. A SMALL TOWN IN THE PHILIPPINES- DAY filled with old trucks, and cars covered with dust drawings. A little boy on one window, and a food trick onl ef other. i} There's a small church, beside it is the Philippine Flag. Below are three shirtless old men reading a newspaper. On the opposite side of the church are kids on the basketball court, many of them wearing over-sized basketball jerseys and shorts. The hoops are falling apart. Now we see a small house with a garage right beside it. A signage “Jorge's Car Repair Shop” in Bold Purple is posted by the garage. Inside the shop, under one of the cars, repairing it, is JORGE. A chubby 11 year old Filipino boy wearing a dirty white tank top and cargo shorts. His hands are filled with oil marks and scratches. Jorge pulls out a pipe from the bottom of the car and makes a loud clang. Oil squirts out onto his face! Sitting down by the car, knitting is PAPA, a 40 year old man. PAPA Jorge, ano ba?! (Jorge, what’s with you?!) Jorge gets out of the bottom of the car. JORGE At least ako nagtatrabaho! (At least I'm working’ He drops the pipe and sticks his tongue out at Papa. He goes inside the house. INT. JORGE’S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS Jorge slams the door to his room, crossing his arms and furrowing his eyebrows. He gets a pamphlet from his table drawer. It says “PHILIPPI CULINARY SCHOOL: BEST IN THE WORLD!” Behind the pamphlet is drawing of multiple RED food trucks in different parts of thé world, but there's one giant truck in the middle of it all. It's labeled "Sabella" on the big truck, and the top title reads “JORGE’S GREATEST FILIPINO FOOD TRUCK”.He kisses the pamphlet. JORGE Konti nalang, Sabella. (Just a bit more, Sabella.) The ground starts to tremble from the loud footstep: approaching. “ MAMA, a 40 year old woman, barges in Jorge’s room. MAMA Walang hiya ka, bata ka! (You shameless kid!) Jorge drops his jaw and furrows his eyebrows. JORGE Walang hiya ka! (You're shameless!) Mama drops her jaw as well and storms out of the room. MAMA Junjun! Loko anak mo! (Junjun! Your son is crazy!) Jorge stares at the door and gulps. Immediately he goes under his bed and fetches a box. It says “pangarap Ko (My dreams)” drawn with glitter. He opens it and grabs a thick folder with cash. He counts it, but he hears someone coming up the stairs! PAPA Hoy. Ano ba naman to? (Hey.. what is happening?) In a hurry, Jorge grabs a thick backpack and another bigger pink folder beside the box. He opens his window, goes out, and walks down the roof. EXT. TOWN STREET - A WHILE AFTER Jorge walks on the side of the town street, holding the big pink folder and the culinary school pamphlet. He looks at the pink folder, it says “MENUDO NI JORGE (Jorge's Stew)” drawn with glitters as well. He gets the recipe out, and puts it beside the pamphlet.He looks to his left and there stood an old small building with “PHILIPPINE CULINARY SCHOOL” engraved on the top of the door. There are no people surrounding the building. The cracks of the building are huge, the paint is faded and the trees surrounding the campus are limping down, close to dead. Jorge approaches the gate where a guard sits asleep. He walks in. INT. INSIDE THE SCHOOL - CONTINUOUS Jorge opens the door, it makes a loud, creaky sound. He stares at the door as it closes slowly, and walks in making his orange crocs squeak. The building is basically empty. The floors and walls are shiny, but there are many cracks on the walls. The shelf of books’ is almost destroyed with some flies surrounding it. In the corner near the door, sitting asleep, is an old woman holding an empanada. There’s a reception table in the middle of the hall. Jorge approaches the table. THE RECEPTIONIST, a skinny young man in his 20s, wearing a dirty sando, chews gum and stares at his mobile device. He's wearing earphones but you could hear the loud video game sounds from his phone. Jorge drops the pamphlet and the recipe card on the reception table. JORGE Pre, enroll ako. Enroll mo'ko. (Dude, I'm enrolling. Enroll me.) The receptionist, without laying an eye on Jorge, removes one earphone and hands out a really long paper with a title 4 “REQUIREMENTS” on the top. Jorge gets the paper, the end of the paper reaches the floor. He stares at it, gulps, then furrows his eyebrows. JORGE (CONT'D) / Enroll mo ako, sabi eh! (I said enroll me!)The receptionist finally looks at Jorge. He stands up slowly, and stares Jorge down. Jorge makes an angry face and clenches his fists. RECEPTIONIST Pre. Bumalik ka kapag eighteen ka na. (Dude, come back when you're eighteen.) EXT. TOWN STREET - A MOMENT AFTER Jorge is sitting outside the campus, he’s holding the recipe and the pamphlet. He stares at the drawing at the back of the pamphlet as tears slowly come out of his eyes. He crumples the drawing, stands up, and walks away. EXT. HOUSE PORCH - NIGHT Jorge approaches his house, Papa is outside shirtless, staring into blank space. PAPA Ano balita? (What's the news?) Jorge stares down and goes into the house. INT. INSIDE THE HOUSE - CONTINUOUS Mama is on the couch reading the newspaper, there’s two bottles of beer on the table. Jorge goes in front of her, still with his head down. JORGE Pasensya na, po. (Forgive me, mother.) it with her fingers and rubs his arms. MAMA Hay nako anak.. Sige, Mag-hain ka na. (oh, my child. Go Set the table for dinner.)Cnn ae = : = er aes \ Jorge is in the kitchen, in front of the stove. There’s red stew in the pan bowl and he's mixing it with a wooden S spatula. \ He puts the spatula out of the bowl, and looks out the window where a van with a set up eatery is parked by the basketball court. The kids around the van are energized running, and the adults are seen chatting and laughing while holding sticks of barbecue, isaw, hot dogs, and bowls filled with stew. Jorge continues to stare out. The spatula catches on fire. He stares at the spatula for a few seconds, without panicking, then puts the fire out with his kitchen cloth. INT. DINING TABLE - CONTINUOUS Jorge and his parents sit on the dining table. They’re holding each other's hands while their heads are bowed down. SG) JORGE Panginoon... Pahingi naman po ng food truck? (Lord. Could I please have a food truck?) Mama and Papa open their eyes and stare at each other. They look at the stew, which has an unusual shade of red, potatoes with burnt skin, and soggy leaves. Jorge opens his eyes, and scoops some stew into his bowl. He eats it. Papa stares at the stew, then stares at Mama. He takes a deep breath in, then slowly scoops stew into his and Mama’s bowl. They slowly lift their spoonful of stew into their mouth. They cough. Jorge looks at them, but they turn away to hide their face: He looks at his bowl, and takes a spoonful of the stew. Mama and Papa stare at the spoon as Jorge brings it to hij mouth. . . Jorge moves the spoon slowly...He tastes it. Makes a big swallow. He raises one of his eyebrows and... Makes a slight approval nod. Jorge smiles. Mama and Papa stare at each other as Jorge continues to eat the stew faster and faster. EXT. OUTSIDE THE HOUSE - DAY There are kids playing again on the basketball court. The same old men are shirtless outside the church. Papa is sitting outside the house knitting again. Mama goes out and breathes in the fresh air with a delicate smile. Aman in his 50's approaches the porch. MAN Bukas ba kayo? (Are you open?) MAMA 00, si Jorge nasa garahe. (Yes, Jorge is inside the garage.) The man approaches the garage. Mama stretches her arms and continues to look around, still smiling. A few moments later... The man comes back. MAN Wala naman pong tao sa loob. (There's no one inside.) Mama freezes, her face suddenly changes. She rushes inside the house. Papa stops knitting. Sighs and knits again. INT. JORGE'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS Mama runs to Jorge's room. His bed isn’t fixed [and the window is open. = Mama sighs.MAMA ay, dios mio. (Oh God.) INT. A BUS - DAY Jorge happily sits in the bus. He has his huge backpack beside him. There’s a giant patch on it that reads “THE BEST. COOK!” EXT. BUS STOP - CONTINUOUS Jorge gets down on the bus stop and walks across the street where there’s a car junk shop. EXT. JUNK SHOP - CONTINUOUS Jorge goes to the counter where a WOMAN in her mid 20's stands. Jorge drops the folder of cash. JORGE Nagbebenta kayo ng food truck? Pula sana. ‘ (Do you sell food trucks? A red one I hope.) The woman stares at Jorge, then counts the money. She scans through them, spreading them around as she chews her gum with a poker face. She stares at Jorge again and looks at the back, where we see an old red food truck! WOMAN Sandali lang. (Wait here.) Jorge puts on a big smile as the woman walks to the back. He can’t get his eyes off the truck. He giggles. Moments later... ‘The woman comes back. She puts on the table a bunch of red toy cars. WOMAN (CONT'D) Toyota o Honda? Jorge looks at the toy cars and exhales. He extends his hands over the cash and slowly drags them back in the folder and puts it in his bag.He walks away but looks back at the truck, it shines as he stares longer. He continues to walk away and goes toward the bus stop. EXT. BUS STOP - CONTINUOUS Jorge awaits for a bus. As one approaches from afar, he hits his left pocket in search of his money. The left one makes no noise. He tries the right, but still no noise.|He hits all of his pockets, panicking. One of his pockets make a sound. He calms down and ari what's in it. It's a crumpled paper. He opens it. It's the drawing of the food trucks and the giant Sabella. JORGE Sabella... He stares at the paper, then looks back at the food truck where the junk shop is. The bus stops and covers the view. He stares at the drawing again. EXT. JUNK SHOP - MOMENTS LATER The woman in the counter puts on earphones, she blasts “Shut up and drive” by Rihanna. She closes her eyes and lays back. THEN... at her back we see Jorge run to the truck! He gets in and shuts the door! But he goes back out again and runs towards the key shelf where there’s only one key. He grabs it and runs back to the truck, turns it on, and drives away! The woman still doesn’t hear anything until THREE MEN start shouting, chasing the truck from the garage.EXT. THE TOWN STREETS - CONTINUOUS Jorge is inside the truck, nervous, constantly staring back. He’s driving at 60mph, and shifting gears like a pro! A few meters away, he spots the Philippine Culinary School. The Receptionist stands by the bus stop, right in front of the school. Jorge, while driving, puts the window down and sticks his tongue out. The receptionist’s mouth drops. Jorge laughs again, and cheers himself on. EXT. HOUSE PORCH - NIGHT There's a police car right in front of the house, the siren lights are on. Behind the police car is the food truck. Jorge is watching from his room window as a policeman talks to his parents. ‘The woman and the three men from the junk shop are beside the policeman. Mama slowly looks to Jorge, disappointed. She looks down and continues to talk to the police. Papa hands the policeman and one of the junk shop men some cash. m PAPA A (We're very sorry) O 0 The policeman and the junk shop people don't answer Papa. Instead, they stare at Jorge as they walk away. INT, THE LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS Jorge goes down the stairs. His Papa is sitting on the couch, rubbing his head as if he has a headache. Mama is standing up drinking a cold bottle of beer, she chugs it. Jorge gulps.10. Mama puts the beer off her mouth and wipes it with her arm unattractively. MAMA Ano trip mo? (What's your deal?) Jorge looks at Papa, whose eyes are closed. He looks at Mama again. He's shivering. JORGE Po? (I'm sorry?) Mama looks at Jorge, then looks at Papa. She exhales. Jorge looks confused. He stares at Papa again but he’s avoiding eye contact. Mama gets Jorge’s attention. MAMA Binili namin. (We bought it.) Jorge smiles. But Papa and Mama aren’t smiling at all. JORGE Binili niyo po?!? (You bought it?!? Mama gets disgusted by his smile. MAMA. Excited? Tanga! Ano, ibibigay namin sayo agad agad? (Excited? Idiot! What do you think, we'll give it to you right away?!) Jorge loses his smile. Mama stares him down. She motions him to sit down. Jorge shakes again, and slowly goes down on the floor while staring at Mama. She hands him over thick layers of paper. MAMA (CONT'D) Kung atat na atat kang magka-food truck, ayan. Pirmahan mo. (MORE)a. MAMA (CONT'D) (So, if you're really desperate to have your food truck, here. Sign it.) Jorge gets the thick layers of paper. The title reads “Mama and Papa’s Greatest Contract” in Times New Roman. Jorge looks confused. He scans through the pages where there’s handwritten “Rules and Regulations”. MAMA (CONT'D) Apat na araw, doble na mga utos ko sayo. Magtatrabaho ka sa garahe, kahit sawang-sawa ka na! (Four days a week, doubled chores, and you will continue working in the garage, whether you like it or not.) Jorge stares at both of them. His mouth is open, almost about to cry. He stares at the contract longer. He breaks down. His tears start to pile up on his hand. Mama rolls her eyes and walks out of the living room. Papa stands up slowly and follows her. Jorge continues to cry as he scans through the contract once again. We see a glimpse of what's on it: "6 Hours on weekends 1/2 Minimum Wage", "General House Cleaning Once A Week", "Food Truck Upon 10 Years Completion” Finally, he reaches the last page. His name is laid out on the bottom right. He slowly gets the pen and puts it on the paper, about to sign. He sobs. The ball of the pen touches the paper, slightly. But Jorge sobs harder, and looks at his bag on the couch. It's slightly opened, and we can see Sabella's windshield. An added drawing of Jorge is inside driving it with a huge smile, and a chef's hat. He stops sobbing, but little tears are still falling.2 INT. MAMA AND PAPA'S BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER Mama in her sleeping clothes, combs her hair in front of the dresser. There's a bottle of beer beside her. Papa is sitting on the bed, reading the newspaper. PAPA Baka naman masyadong harsh yung ginawa natin? (Maybe what we did was too harsh?) MAMA Bahala siya. (Let him be. ) A shadow figure outside of the door drops something heavy in front of the door. Mama and Papa stare at the bottom shadow, then continue back to what they were doing. Mama giggles. MAMA (CONT'D) Yan ata yung kontrata. (That's probably the contract.) Moments later... = A truck engine turns on. A Both Mama and Papa look at the window from their places. Mama drops the comb, then slowly walks towards the window and / sees... pa { 7 The food truck with "Sabella" painted on the side! S. / MAMA (CONT'D) Gg RE Walang hiyang unga: ges (Shameless idiot!) = Papa immediately runs toward the door and opens-it. The —= “Pangarap Ko (My Dreams)" box is right in front of the door. PAPA Walang hiyang... (Shameless...) Papa opens the box and finds A LOT of cash inside. Papa smiles a bit. PAPA (CONT'D) Ungas... (Tdiot. +.)13. INT. INSIDE THE SABELLA FOOD TRUCK - CONTINUOUS Jorge smiles as he drives the food truck. He opens the glove compartment and grabs his chef's hat. He puts it on, and his smile gets bigger. He turns on the radio, “I love my truck” by Glen Campbell plays. He sings along as he continues to drive. END