Filipinas (film)

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Filipinas
Directed by Joel Lamangan
Written by Roy C. Iglesias
Produced by
  • Vincent del Rosario III
  • Veronique del Rosario-Corpus
  • June Torrejon-Rufino
Starring
CinematographyRolly Manuel
Edited byMarya Ignacio
Music byJesse Lucas
Production
company
Distributed byViva Films
Release date
  • December 25, 2003 (2003-12-25)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

Filipinas is a 2003 Philippine family drama film directed by Joel Lamangan. The film stars Armida Siguion-Reyna, Maricel Soriano, Richard Gomez, Aiko Melendez, Dawn Zulueta, Victor Neri and Wendell Ramos. It was one of the entries in the 2003 Metro Manila Film Festival. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Plot

Florencia is the widowed matriarch of the Filipinas family and has six children: Yolanda, Samuel, Vicky, Gloria, Emman and Narciso. She also takes in Diana, a servant's daughter, as her own. In her old age, she despairs at her adult children drifting apart and fighting with each other when they reunite at their ancestral residence over the Christmas holidays.

Yolanda, the eldest daughter, is the only unmarried sibling and lives with her mother while running a delicatessen. Yolanda tracks down her boyfriend Dindo, who is newly-released from prison, but was heartbroken at learning that he is engaged to someone else. It is later revealed that Yolanda witnessed Dindo kill Rex, a friend of Samuel in self-defense, but was prevented from defending him by Samuel, who sought to cover up the fact that the unlicensed weapon used in the killing was borrowed from him by Rex, in order to obtain a work visa for the US from Rex's father. Samuel migrated with his family, but is later laid off due to a workplace scandal. Facing bankruptcy, he returns to the Philippines with his children under the guise of the holidays, but eventually confesses his true situation to his mother when his children grow impatient over their return to the US.

Gloria, a nurse, returns from Israel following a suicide bombing. She despairs at her husband Greg for solely depending on her remittances and allowing their daughter to drift away from her. After a disagreement over debt, Yolanda confronts Gloria and reminds her that she took the blame for her elopement and pregnancy with Greg, only to leave her alone to take care of their mother, but Gloria tells her that she is lashing out for her failure to live out her life with Dindo.

Vicky runs the family's onion trading business and is married to Ramesh, an Indian national. Emman is a leftwing political activist who quarrels frequently with Samuel, who holds pro-American views. Narciso, the youngest, serves in the military and hides his marriage and upcoming child with Dindi from his family. Diana and her family live with Florencia. Her father, Poldo is evicted by Florencia for abusing Diana over her ambitions to become a dancer and is subsequently debilitated after being lynched by a mob for firebombing the Filipinas residence in revenge. Florencia supports Diana, who ends up using her income from dancing to pay for Poldo's medical bills.

After spending Christmas Eve with his family, Narciso is killed during a mission, leading Dindi to suffer a miscarriage. He is buried on New Year's Eve, during which Emman stages a demonstration at his military funeral. At home, Samuel brawls with Emman over the protest. As Yolanda tries to mediate, Samuel accuses her of tolerating Emman's misdeeds, at which Yolanda lashes out at Samuel for the incident involving Dindo and storms off. As the brothers continue fighting, Florencia steps in, but is knocked down by Samuel and lands head-first on the floor, rendering her unconscious.

At the hospital, the siblings reconcile with each other while agonizing on what to do with a now-comatose Florencia as Samuel and Emman seek forgiveness at her bedside. Yolanda, now the head of the family, rallies her siblings to fight for their mother's survival, with Gloria deciding that she will help Yolanda care for their mother. Gloria stands up to Greg for his laziness, prompting him to seek work abroad. Emman goes into hiding after he is framed in a terrorist incident and joins the New People's Army. Samuel returns to the US to find work, but leaves his children behind. A year later, the family gathers around a still-comatose Florencia to celebrate her birthday, with Yolanda hoping that she wakes up seeing her children at peace again.

Cast

Reception

Butch Francisco of The Philippine Star gave Filipinas a positive review. He praised the film for its direction, story and performances of the stars. [6]

Awards

YearAwardsCategoryRecipientResultRef.
2003 29th Metro Manila Film Festival Best Film Filipinas3rd [7]
Best Actor (People's Choice) Richard Gomez Won
Best Actress Maricel Soriano Won
Best Supporting Actor Victor Neri Won
Screenplay Roy C. Iglesias Won
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards FilipinasWon
2004 53rd FAMAS Awards Best Picture FilipinasNominated
Best Director Joel Lamangan Nominated
Best Actor Richard Gomez Nominated
Best Actress Maricel Soriano Nominated
Best Screenplay Roy C. Iglesias Won
Best EditingMarya IgnacioWon
Best MusicJesse LucasWon
Best SoundRamon ReyesWon
Best Visual EffectsOptima DigitalWon
22nd FAP Awards Best Actress Maricel Soriano Won
28th Gawad Urian Awards Best Actress Maricel Soriano Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Victor Neri Nominated
Best MusicJesse LucasNominated
15th YCC Awards Best Performance Maricel Soriano Nominated

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