1957年，菲律賓雜耍表演大師 Hernando Alamada，在五月花號遊輪上完成了他巡演的最後一站。這位前社會主義幹部知道菲律賓將會再次經歷痛苦的轉變⸺萬人景仰的總統麥格塞塞突然死於空難。他回到貧民窟，既擔憂國家的現狀與未來，又要面臨個人的危機。此時，他決定踏上漫無目的的旅程，在荒誕的劇場中尋找救贖。近年量產的拉夫狄亞茲繼續用藝術來反思菲律賓歷史，借國家的過去理解當下的困局。

1957. Hernando Alamada, Filipino vaudeville great and a former socialist cadre, fulfills the last leg of his performing tour on the Mayflower cruise ship. He knows that the Philippines is experiencing a bitter transition yet again; the much-loved and popular president, Ramon Magsaysay, suddenly dies in a plane crash. He arrives in his poverty-stricken barrio, his country’s state and future burdening him heavily, and at the same time, a deep personal turmoil confronts him. He plods on an aimless journey. Akin to the Filipino ‘bodabil’, he finds himself on the gate of the theater of the absurd, a descent to burlesque, madness, to stark realities, and, ultimately, an ascent to his own redemption.

1957년, 필리핀의 보드빌계 스타이자 사회주의 간부 출신인 헤르난도 알라마다는 유람선 메이플라워호에서 열리는 순회공연 마지막 일정을 소화한다. (제23회 전주국제영화제)