Malvarosa (film)

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Malvarosa
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Directed by Dr. Gregorio Fernandez
Screenplay byConsuelo P. Osorio
Story by Clodualdo del Mundo
Produced by Narcisa de León
Starring
CinematographyMike Accion
Edited byEnrique Jarlego
Music by
  • Francisco Buencamino Jr.
  • LVN Symphony Orchestra
Production
company
Release date
  • May 19, 1958 (1958-05-19)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryPhilippines
Languages
  • Filipino
  • English

Malvarosa is a 1958 Filipino family melodrama film directed by Dr. Gregorio Fernandez from a screenplay by Consuelo P. Osorio, based on a comic serial of the same name (serialized via Espesyal Komiks) written by Clodualdo del Mundo Sr. The film tells the story of a poverty-stricken nuclear family living on the nearby railroad tracks whose members carry their burdens that need to be resolved. It stars Charito Solis, Vic Silayan, Carlos Padilla Jr., Vic Diaz, Rey Ruiz, and Eddie Rodriguez as the children of Rebecca del Rio's character, Sinforosa, and Leroy Salvador as Candido, Rosa's fiancé.

Contents

Produced and released by LVN Pictures, the film was theatrically released on May 19, 1958. In 2019, the film was digitally scanned and restored by ABS-CBN Film Restoration.

Plot

Rosa, a beautiful young woman, lives in the slums at the nearby railroad tracks with her mother and five older brothers. By the time her alcoholic father died in a train accident, her mother Sinforosa felt guilt and depression as she became widowed. A few years later, she is going to marry his fiancé Candido but she has to deal with the problems first that their family faces despite poverty, especially Rosa's brothers who also carry their burdens which makes Rosa stressed to have a solution as well as their confrontations. It would also tell the lives of Melanio, the eldest and an obnoxious womanizer; followed by Alberto, a man with a mean reputation to his family; Leonides, a violent man who became notorious for his crimes throughout the neighborhood; Vedasto, a scheming man whom he persuaded his sister to work with a wealthy man; and lastly, Avelino, a patient and responsible man whom he trusts his sister to eliminate their family's burden. Rosa would also witness some of the misfortunes that happened in their family.

Cast

Production

During the shooting of the film, the director and its staff cooperated with the Philippine Constabulary and the Manila Railroad Company for their participation in the important scenes of the film as well as their permission to their facilities and staff.

Analysis

Malvarosa, released in 1958, concerns a large nuclear family aspiring to recover from the devastation wrought by World War II, when both the retreating Japanese occupiers and the advancing American re-occupiers dropped so many bombs, set so many fires, and killed so many civilians that, after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Manila was one of the most devastated cities in the world at that point, traditionally regarded as comparable in its misery to Warsaw. The country was in such dire straits that, when the American government insisted on setting up military bases and implementing parity rights as preconditions for financial aid, the Filipinos had no choice but to acquiesce. [1]

Release

The film was released on May 19, 1958, at the Dalisay Theatre in Manila, Philippines.

Digital restoration

The film was restored by ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project, using the equipment of the film archives division. The restoration began with digital scanning of frames in 4K resolution with the use of the 35mm print from the collection of LVN Pictures' library that was stored at the basement of ABS-CBN's corporate headquarters, ELJ Communications Center, in Diliman, Quezon City. After the scanning, it was restored in 2K resolution and took 80 hours to eliminate the image impairments including scratches and unstable images as well as color adjustments to make it very identical to its original brightness and contrast. [2] [3]

“The restoration of “Malvarosa” and “Biyaya ng Lupa” using ABS-CBN’s own facilities is a milestone that we are proud of,”

— Leo Katigbak, head of ABS-CBN Film Restoration, QCinema International Film Festival; October 17, 2019

The digitally scanned and restored 4K version was premiered on October 17, 2019, at the Gateway Mall - Cinema 7 as part of the QCinema International Film Festival 2019. [4] It was attended by Caridad Sanchez and the representatives of the film's cast and crew including screenwriter Clodualdo "Doy" del Mundo Jr. (representing his father), actor Rap Fernandez (representing his grandfather), Jesus Hofileña (representing Vic Silayan), and actress-singer Zsa Zsa Padilla and her daughter Zia Quizon (representing their father and grandfather, respectively). [5]

The 4K digital scan of the film was streamed online on December 1, 2020, through ABS-CBN Film Restoration's Facebook page. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ The film's ownership rights is currently handled by ABS-CBN Corporation but the LVN Pictures copyright is retained.

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References

  1. ↑ David, J. A Certain Tendency.
  2. 1 2 "Digitally restored Pinoy classic 'Malvarosa' to stream online for free". ABS-CBN News . November 26, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  3. ↑ "ABS-CBN Restores Philippine Classics "Malvarosa" And "Biyaya Ng Lupa"". The Screening Room. November 5, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "MALVAROSA (1958) - 4K Scan Premiere Announcement". Facebook. October 8, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  5. ↑ "QCinema Premiere of the LVN Pictures classic MALVAROSA". Facebook. October 18, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
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