Gagay: Prinsesa ng Brownout

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Gagay: Prinsesa ng Brownout
Directed byBey Vito
Screenplay byDan Salamante
Story by Pablo S. Gomez
Produced byWilliam Leary
Starring Gelli de Belen
CinematographyDing Austria
Edited by
  • Renato de Leon
  • Efren Salumbides
Music byRicky del Rosario
Production
company
Distributed byViva Films
Release date
  • June 24, 1993 (1993-06-24)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

Gagay: Prinsesa ng Brownout (Filipino : "Gagay: Princess of Brownout") is a 1993 Filipino comedy film directed by Bey Vito in his theatrical directorial debut. [1] The film stars Gelli de Belen in the title role. It was one of the entries in the 1993 Manila Film Festival. It also marks the film debut of Charina Scott and Raffy Rodriguez. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

The film is streaming online on YouTube.

Plot

When they were younger, Timeng and Leon had a secret relationship. But they broke up soon after Leon admitted he is about to get married to someone else. Heartbroken, Timeng marries Roderick, an overly shy guy who gave her 5 children: John, Paul, George, Ringga/Gagay and Madonna. Years later, Roderick had died while Timeng and her 5 children were living in poverty.

Gagay and her 3 siblings try to keep the family afloat by selling charcoal but would always be subject to extortion by Aling Huling and her 2 children, Brando and Brenda. At the same time, Leon, Timeng's ex-boyfriend came home to settle with his son Raul for good. Now a widower but a rich man, Leon runs a generator company which Raul manages. Brenda gets attracted to Raul and his money but Raul gets attracted to Gagay for her pure heart. The mutual attraction between Raul and Gagay gets a firm disapproval from Leon. Timeng on the other hand vaguely approves but tells Gagay to follow her heart and be careful of Raul's intentions since she herself was previously in a relationship w/ Raul's father.

Paul, John and George later on unveiled their invention, a generator ran only by charcoal. But it initially failed because all the sacks of charcoal had been in the possession of Aling Huling. Seeking desperate measures, Gagay and her siblings resort to stealing back the sacks of charcoal. On the day of the generator's launch, it garnered a lot of positive reviews from their neighbors and foreign dignitaries that went. Don Leon attempted to invest in the new innovation but Timeng and her children disapproved since he was a direct competitor. The charcoal-operated generator was a blessing to Aling Timeng's family and they were able to get rich and purchased all material things that they can buy, including a big mansion. On the other hand, Raul and Don Leon's generator company closes down due to bankruptcy. This development made Don Leon feel bad that later on he gets sick.

Not wanting to lose in a fair battle, Aling Huling gets the blessing of Don Leon to see him and sets up Brenda to seduce Raul away from Gagay. Brando on the other hand, pretends to befriend Raul in the hopes of giving him the best advice to marry his sister instead. When Don Leon had to be hospitalized, Raul asks Brando for a favor to ask Gagay for money since they are deep in debt. Brando was able to get Gagay's money only to squander it for his own dealings with Junior Elvis. A miscommunication resulted when Raul does not get Gagay's money and insults her for leaving him when he needed her most. Dejected, Raul decides to ask Brenda out for a drink and they end together in bed. Aling Huling pressures Don Leon for Raul to marry her daughter or else they will create a scandal. Brando and his henchmen kidnap Gagay but was later on apprehended after Gagay shows up to stop Raul and Brenda's wedding in time. Eventually, Raul and Gagay were married much to the delight of everyone.

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References

  1. ↑ "'Kung Kailangan Mo Ako' opens Viva's mid-year blitz". Manila Bulletin . June 4, 1993. p. HC-2. This [Gagay] will be the big screen debut of TV director Bey Vito.
  2. ↑ Tiongson, Nicanor (2010). The Urian Anthology: 1990-1999. University of the Philippines Press. ISBN   9789715426473 . Retrieved July 14, 2022– via Google Books.
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  7. ↑ "Gagay, Gelli de Belen's Most Unforgettable Movie". Pika Pika. March 22, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.


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