Filipinas

Production Company: Viva Films

A typical clan with a striking last name.

Set in the backdrop of social economic turmoil, the family reunites for the wedding of the youngest daughter.

There is a family caretaker, an immigrated son, a military man, a rebellious son and a religious matriarch.

Troubles plague the family and all seems hopeless as they turn on one another.

A study of contemporary society, as it is seen through the perspective of a family heavily affected by the problems that beset the country.

Directed by Joel Lamangan

Sa Piling Ng Aswang (1999)

**** Production Company: Regal Films / MAQ Productions Inc / SeraFilms Productions ****

In Sa Piling Ng Aswang Marya palys a successful career woman with an awfully busy sked which makes her an absentee sister to younter brod, Cogie. When the latter dies a mystrious death down south on a mountain hiking trip, the pangs of guilt crawl all over Marya's being. Off she goes on a sojourn to her brod's death place to do some sleuthing to appease her conscience. In the process, she meets her brod's assailants and their netherworldly ilk. Much to her suprise, the cosmic truth presents her with an unexpected revelation. She begins to learn the ways of Aswang.

**** Directed by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes ****

Tulak Ng Bibig, Kabig Ng Dibdib

**** Production Company: FLT Films International / Viva Films ****

After spending a couple of years behind bars, Lando (Robin Padilla) wins back his freedom. But his prison record has incapacitated him from landing a job. Fortunately, a friend of his knows someone who needs a driver and a bodyguard desperately. But that someone turns out to be Mariel (Maricel Soriano), the very woman whom Lando has had an encounter with. Desperate for a job. Lando agrees to work for Mariel despite his negative impression of her. As expected, their working relationship is as stormy as it can get. But love works in mysterious ways-- even the rowdiest of enemies can become more than friends.

**** Directed by Joey Del Rosario ****

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 ****