在这部三轮浮生剧情片中,影片讲述了派佩一家五口在他们曾梦寐以求的大城市艰难谋生的经历。家庭支柱派佩每天都骑着三轮车送货；妻子阿玲为邻居洗衣服赚外快；女儿皮娜做着买卖香烟的小本生意；儿子JP经常干些小偷小摸的事情；怀孕的儿媳妇伊莎贝拉虽然眼盲却是个虔诚的信徒，在她的世界里，神一直伴其左右相助于她。无奈迫于生计，走投无路的派佩决心一家人再骑三轮车回到原来的家乡，只是这一路的遭遇令谁都无法预料……
Mang Pepe and his family travel from QUEZON City to Bicol on pedicabs ("sikad-sikad"). Mang Pepe and his wife, Remedios, their daughter Pina, their son JP with his pregnant blind wife Isabel, and their dog Kikay, live together in a shanty at a Quezon City slum. To survive daily, Mang Pepe drives his pedicab and carry various loads to the market while Aling Remedios washes laundry for her neighbors. JP and Pina both try to earn a living and Isabel, in her blindness, sees and converses with Jesus Christ. Realizing their futile life in the city, Mang Pepe convinces the family to go back to their hometown in Bicol. Without enough transport money, they decide to use pedicans so they could "pedal" their way back to the province. A series of unfortunate events occur that will either test their determination or distract them from their journey home. PAUWI NA is a tragic-comic portrait of a dysfunctional family and the disquieting blind faith they invoke as they dream of going home. But, ...
不止是菲律宾版《阳光小美女》。有幸看了菲律宾电影《三轮浮生》的世界首映。三轮上的生老病死，浮生里的柴米油盐。贫穷不是罪，恶才是。地狱在哪，就在这。善恶终有报。三轮浮生：菲律宾电影登顶金爵奖。与神同行的悲欢浮世绘。也许前方的路没有希望。
