Kalel, 15 (2019) on Netflix
Kalel is fifteen, a Catholic school student, and HIV positive. His father is a priest, which only his mother and sister know. He looks for love and recognition from strangers online.
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Plot summary
Kalel, fifteen, learns at a clinic that he is HIV positive. His mother, Edith, who works at a canteen, tells him not to speak of it, and his sister, Ruth, who minds the business, does not know. At his Catholic school his girlfriend, Sue, notices that he has grown distant. Kalel posts a selfie and, later, pictures of himself with his face hidden, and arranges meetings with men. His father, Fr. George, a parish priest in another community, visits and wants to learn how Kalel was infected; Kalel says nothing. Edith sends him to the church for tuition money, and Fr. George hands him an envelope.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Kalel, 15 (2019)
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- Elijah Canlas was turned down when he first auditioned for Kalel in 2014, back when the character was envisioned as a mestizo son of a Spanish friar. The director finally tapped him for the part in 2018, in what became Canlas's first lead role.
