Mano Po 4 (Ako Legal Wife) (2005)

**** Production Company: Regal Films ****

A winning adult comedy about mistress and a desperate housewife! Poor Chona Chong (Zsa Zsa Padilla).

On the surface, she seems to have everything a chinoy woman would want: a wealthy husband named Elton (Jay Manalo) who dotes on her and three attractive children.

There's handsome Hamilton (John Prats); ultra-modern teen Hibiscus (Julianne Lee); and precocious Anthurium (Ella Guevarra).

After 22 years of marriage, however Chona's world is turned upside down when she finds out that Elton is keeping not just one, but two mistresses on the side!

There's Chinese Visayan business wiz Patty (Cherry Pie Picache), with whom Elton has a handsome son named Nixon (JC De Vera).

Then there's the young and athletic Gloria (Rufa Mae Quinto) whose active lifestyle Elton has been trying to keep up with.

These schocking revelations almost drive the insecure Chona to the brinx of insanity.

But rather than confront Elton about his other women, Chona realizes that the only solution is to make herself younger and sexier through her breast augmentation and other cosmetic procedures.

But will it work?

Ako Legal Wife: Mano Po 4? takes a humourous look at the weird and wonderful world of love in Manila, Chinoy style.

Enjoy the company of the desperate wife and scheming mistresses as they fight one another for the rights to take home the man they all love!

**** Directed by Joel Lamangan. ****

Mano Po 3 (My Love) (2004)

**** Production Company: MAQ Productions ****

Anti-crime crusader Lilia Chiong Yang seems to have everything a woman could want and need: a husband who pampers her; children whom any parent would be proud of; and the respect and admiration of the most powerful people in the land.

But just as Lilia prepares for her 25th wedding anniversary celebration, a chance encounter in Thailand with her first love Michael throws Lilia's life into chaos.

So begins the resumption of a relationship that threatens to unravel the delicate threads connecting Lilia to the other people in her life.

"Mano Po 3" is a heartfelt tearjerker which was declared Best Picture at the 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival Philippines.

Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon also won well-deserved awards for Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively, in this moving film about the choices we must make for the sake of those we love.

**** Directed by Joel Lamangan ****

Mano Po (My Family) (2002)

**** Production Company: Regal Films ****

During the Chinese Revolution in 1949, young Chinese copra trader named Fong-Huan marries Elisa, a young and pretty Filipina.

The couple’s children, Daniel and Linda, were raised in a mixture of Chinese and Filipino-Hispanic tradition.

These richly cultured people are the ancestors of a dysfunctional third-generation family whose daughters tell their own stories of joy, struggle, and the complex realities in the life of Filipino Chinese families.

**** Directed by Joel Lamangan ****