Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros is a movie produced in the Philippines and was released in 2005. The story focuses on Max, a homosexual and sensitive12-year-old boy who lives with his father and two brothers. His role in the house is like a mother caring for her sons and husband: he cooks, cleans the house, and does the laundry. The gender role Max portrays is of a feminist who likes to put on make up, wear small tight clothes, and decorates his hair with hairpins or a bow; in other words, he is a cross-dresser. One day, he was molested and harassed by two older boys down an alleyway due to his sexuality and vulnerability at the time. As things start to get nasty, a policeman name Victor was nice enough to stop the continuation of this abrupt action. Threatening the older boys that if they continue to hurt or harass Max, Victor was able to save Max and brought him home safely. After being saved by Victor, Max realized that he was beginning to adapt emotional feelings for Victor. Victor, portrayed as a man old enough to be a big brother, seemed to have only viewed Max as a kid who was responsible, caring, and intelligent. As time progresses, Max begins to visit Victor on an occasional period. Then one day, an incident had happened in the city in result of a person’s death. The suspect was neither seen nor found that night. That same night, Max saw his older brother (Kuya), cleaning up the blood stain on his shirt, had murdered that person by accident and decided to keep that secret amongst himself and his brother. Max then decided to burn up the shirt to destroy any type of evidence but was unfortunately seen by Victor. Victor then later decides to question Max what he was burning that previous night and knew Max had a secret that would ruin his entire family.
Victor was later ambushed and attacked by his two brothers and father as a punishment for trying to ruin his family’s life. Max, with regret, decided to go to Victor’s place to take tend his wounds and injuries. It was that day when Max kissed Victor for the first time on his cheeks. The story then begins showing the friendship’s deterioration between Victor and Max after his father’s death, due to Victor’s superior who felt Max’s father was indebted to him; and therefore, took away his life for the sake of his children. It was that point in time when Max finally disavows Victor from his life. The story ends with Max, who seems to be recouped from all that has happened, being taken cared for by his older brothers and going back to school, also being watched by Victor.
Victor was later ambushed and attacked by his two brothers and father as a punishment for trying to ruin his family’s life. Max, with regret, decided to go to Victor’s place to take tend his wounds and injuries. It was that day when Max kissed Victor for the first time on his cheeks. The story then begins showing the friendship’s deterioration between Victor and Max after his father’s death, due to Victor’s superior who felt Max’s father was indebted to him; and therefore, took away his life for the sake of his children. It was that point in time when Max finally disavows Victor from his life. The story ends with Max, who seems to be recouped from all that has happened, being taken cared for by his older brothers and going back to school, also being watched by Victor.
