“Pagpag: Siyam na Buhay” as PG13

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“Pagpag: Siyam na Buhay” rated as PG13 by Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). This means that people below 13 years old can still watch the film only with the supervision of an adult.

“Pagpag,” stars Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla and directed by Frasco Mortiz, is a co-production between Star Cinema and Regal Entertainment. It also stars Paulo Avelino, Shaina Magdayao, Matet de Leon, Miles Ocampo, Michelle Veto, CJ Navato, Dominic Roque, Clarence Delgado, Janus del Prado and many more.

This film tells the story of teenagers who violated a lot of pamahiin or funeral superstitions.

There has been a news circulating on social media that a certain girl was prevented entry to “Pagpag,” topbilled by teen loveteam Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, by a cinema operator because she was below 18 years old, a clear violation of the PG13 rating of the movie. Nevertheless, this confusion did not hinder the film from becoming a blockbuster success; tickets were sold out from its first day of showing.

In fact, as of December 25, it raked in PhP 23.7 million making it the 3rd highest-grossing film during the MMFF’s first day. The other Star Cinema entry “Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy,” on the other hand, ranked 2nd with a total box-office gross of PhP 47.6 million during the first day of the festival.

Daniel Padilla, Diretor Frasco Mortiz and Kathryn Bernardo

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Vic Sotto's "My Little Bossings" Brings Whiff of Fresh Air to MMFF 2013

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“My Little Bossings” is an entry to the 2013 Metro Manila Film Festival produced by OctoArts Films, M-Zet Films, APT Entertainment and Kris Aquino Productions. The story and screenplay by Bibeth Orteza. 

Vic Sotto, Ryzza Mae Diszon and Bibeth Orteza during the "The Little Bossings" Bloggers Night last December 13 held at the Annabels Restaurant, Tomas Morato, Quuezon City. 

“My Little Bossings” stars Vic Sotto, Kris Aquino and her son James “Bimby” Aquino Yap and the grand champion of Eat Bulaga's Miss Little Philippines Ryzza Mae Dizon. Also stars Aiza Seguerra, Jaclyn Jose, Jose Manalo, Paolo Ballesteros, Barbie Forteza, Neil Coleta, and Neil Sese from the direction of Marlon Rivera. 

Not every generation produces a child star but this year, we have not just one but two of them who are set to show people that like Christmas, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is all about children even in making the tills sing.

“My Little Bossings” is a movie whose time has come. Ever since the project was bared, the public has been counting months, waiting with bated breath how the precocious Ryzza Mae Dizon will jive with the decorous James “Bimby” Aquino Yap, Both charming and intelligent, but one street smart and the other “socially elite,” it’s an intriguing pairing indeed. 

As shooting progressed and as the two kids warmed up to each other and established rapport on and off screen, it became clear that “My Little Bossings” is more than mere curious case. It’s a casting dynamo bound to shakeup the MMFF and steal thunder from anything that crosses its path. “Nakakatuwa talaga yung dalawang bata. They complement each other so well. You can see that when you watch the movie. Nagtuturuan, nagtatawanan, sabay napapagod, sabay nagugutom. Masaya lang kami sa set. Para lang kaming laging naglalaro,” said “My Little Bossings” lead star and co-producer, Vic Sotto.

That is another thing going for the film: the sure success of “My Little Bossings” doesn’t rest just on the shoulders of Ryzza Mae and Bimby, but those of giants. One of the MMFF Box-office King’s co-stars is also royalty, none other than Queen of All Media and MMFF Box-office Queen Kris Aquino. It is said that one of Kris’ reasons in accepting the film is that she wanted her son Bimby’s first experience in making movies to be with someone of Vic’s stature and humility. 

For years, the MMFF doesn’t seem to be complete without a starrer from either Vic or Kris or both. This time they join hands; matching stellar power with stellar power, showbiz might with showbiz might, midas touch with midas touch. How can “My Little Bossings” not turn to gold? 

As most things come in threes, the power of the dream project doesn’t end there. “My Little Bossings” is 

produced by OctoArts Films, M-Zet Films, APT Entertainment and Kris Aquino Productions all of which have brought out their guns to ensure that it is a heartwarming, quality movie through and through. More than the big names attached to the film, “My Little Bossings” is a family film packed with lessons wrapped in humor, wit and laughter---exactly what we need in times like these.

Vic plays the role Torky Villanueva who works as a bookeeper for the millionaire cash management specialist Baba Atienza (Kris). Because of some conflict in her business, Baba entrusts her son Justin (Bimby) to Torky’s care for fear of her life. In the meantime, Torky’s niece Ice (Aiza) who lives in the same house with him, is involved in an advocacy for street children where street kid Ching (Ryzza ) becomes her special ward. Ice brings Ching home when the orphanage closed down. The fun begins when all these people start living in one roof while they each tackle his respective personal dilemma.

Don't miss to watch “My Little Bossings” starts showing on Christmas Day as an entry to the 2013 MMFF.

My Little Bossings

 Synopsis

A man learns to take care of a boy not his own, and in the process realizes he’s never done anything for the daughter he had blamed for the death of his wife. Rejected in her youth, the daughter bears a girl she’s unable to acknowledge as hers at birth. Circumstances bring man and daughter and their respective wards together, and it is through the children’s innocence that the healing begins. Sarcasm turns into affection and irony translates into laughter. Fear is replaced by trust. Love, for the win!

Torky Villanueva, aka Bossing (Vic Sotto), works as personal bookkeeper to Barbara 'Baba' Atienza, a Forbes Park-based cash management specialist. He is funny and he likes to clown around, but the comic nature is really to cover up the loneliness that crept into his life after his wife died. It's a loneliness he thinks would be easier to deal with if he lived abroad, so he plans to someday leave the country and sell his house soon as he saves enough money. He privately agrees with Dan Brown: he lives in the gates of hell.

When Torky's employer Baba’s partner Marco Guzman accuses her of authoring a huge pyramid scam, she goes low-key to investigate Guzman and expose him as the real scam artist. Meanwhile she entrusts her 6-year-old son Justin (James Aquino Yap) in Torky's care, for he’s the one person Guzman will never think she will leave the boy with. Baba presumes Justin'll be happy  with Torky, whom she believes to be warm and happy-go-lucky.

In truth Torky is a loner. He does not like having to take care of Justin, or of anyone, for that matter. But he accepts the task of taking care of the boy because it’s part of his job, and brings him to his house in a lower middle-class barangay, somewhere in Makati City, where we also meet the teen-agers Dino and Rosy who've made a habit of seeking Torky's advice on their relationship.

In his house, Torky finds Ice (Aiza Seguerra), whom we first think to be his niece, for she calls him Uncle Torky. We’ve actually met Ice earlier, at the Lungga, a haven for street children run by Remy, a former nun. Remy is dying, so she e-mailed Ice in Japan to please come and take Ching out (Ryzza Mae Dizon) before the Lungga closes. Nowhere to go, Ice brings Ching to Torky’s house.

There’s tension between Torky and Ice, but because they want to have Justin and Ching off their backs, they pretend all is well between them, to encourage the two kids to become friends. It takes some time for the friendship to start, for Justin always puts up a superior air to be above Ching, and Ching is too much of a street child to allow Justin to lead her by the nose.

Justin’s also all of his life been rich, as Ching’s been all of her life, poor. This disparity is the source of their conflict, the wellspring of their friendship and the mother lode of most of their comedic scenes, in the many scenes depicting the crossing of the class divide. They loosen up Torky so much he becomes a warmer and nicer person.

A pair of bumbling undercover cops P. Arak and A. Lat trail Torky hoping to catch him secretly meeting Baba. Their snooping, plus Guzman's intrusive demands, make Torky and Ice realize the need to send Justin and Ching to hide in Lungga until such time it is safe for them to come out. Torky and Ice are unaware there are changes in Lungga: Remy is dead and the domineering Libay has taken over, with her militaristic schemes to train the street children as pickpockets and robbers. Justin and Ching run away from the Lungga. Their disappearance sends Torky and Ice around on a search for the two, during which they also find themselves becoming friends again, with Ice suddenly asking Torky how come when she one day just stopped calling him Tatay he never noticed, until we find out Ice is not Torky's niece but his child, and that Ching is not only Ice’s ward but her daughter, from a relationship she went into to please Torky when she was much younger and yet unable to admit her sexuality.

In the end, Baba is able to prove her innocence, have Guzman arrested and claim Justin back. Justin seems OK save for a folie a dieux with Ching, for now he’s become rowdy and batang kalye like a little Bossing, while Ching’s given to using English phrases and more refined. Ice asks Torky to please keep her being Ching’s mom a secret until the day she gathers the nerve to admit it to Ching herself. Torky says yes. He is saddened, though, that Rosy and Dino have gone ahead to marry despite their young age. He feels that even as neighbor he should have care enough for them in the absence of their OFW Parents.

All’s well that ends well. The bright spot is that Torky learns to accept that Ice is gay and has a partner. A future possible relationship with Baba is implied. Best of all, Torky no longer plans to live the city for good, for no matter what the Dan Browns of the world say, love wins over the gates of hell.

—Bibeth Orteza

June 20, 2013

Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir (Journey of a Young Saint)

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Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir (Journey of a Young Saint) is a 2013 Filipino biographical film written and directed by Francis O. Villacorta and produced by HPI Synergy Group and Wings Entertainment which features the life of the Filipino saint, Pedro Calungsod. 

Starring Rocco Nacino as Pedro Calungsod, Jestoni Alarcon, playing as the spanish captain Juan dela Cruz, Christian Vasquez as Padre Diego de San Vitores and Victor Basa as Padre Francisco Solano.

This is one of the official entries of the 2013 Metro Manila Film Festival to be released on December 25, 2013.

Saint Pedro Calungsod
Photo: Publication Paulines Manila

Pedro Calungsod is the second Filipino saint declared by the Roman Catholic church after Saint Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila. A young Filipino man, Pedro Calungsod, leaves his Visayan native roots to join the Spanish Jesuit priest Fr. Diego de San Vitores in his mission to the Marianas Islands (Guam) in 1668.

The San Diego Mission arrives in the Marianas where the young Pedro, a trained catechist and mission assistant, begins work for Fr. Diego de San Vitores in baptizing the Chamorro natives, preaching the holy gospel and spreading the good news of salvation through the Christian faith amidst paganism, doubt and disbelief. Despite the longing for his father and the threats to their lives, even at the peril of death, Pedro and Fr. Diego continued their missionary work. They roamed the dangerous islands and baptized many more natives and continued to enlighten them about Christianity.

This is the story of how the young Filipino saint, between wars and persecutions, played his part in this divine mission. This adventure movie is for everybody. The young boy who guided his blind mentor is something to witness and learn from. Pedro Calungsod's life of devotion is relatable to all.

Cast : 

Rocco Nacino as Pedro Calungsod

Christian Vasquez as Padre Diego de San Vitores

Jestoni Alarcon as Captain Juan de Sta. Cruz

Ryan Eigenmann as Choco

Robert Correa as Maga'lahi Hirao

Victor Basa as Padre Francisco Solano

Carlo Gonzales as Padre Tomas de Cadeñoso

Andrew Schimmer as Sgt. Maj. Don Juan de Santiago

Arthur Solinap as Padre Luis de Medina

Mico Palanca as Padre Pedro de Casanova

Geoff Taylor as Sgt. Lorenzo Castellanos

Alvin Aragon as Ignacio

Juancho Trivinio as Manuel Rangel

Johann Santos as Juan de los Reyes

Jao Mapa as Tatang

Isadora Villasquez as Ma'urritao

Mercedes Cabral as Ahnha the Adulteress

Kimo Paez as Maga'lahi Quipuha

Johnron Tañada as Maga'lahi Quipuha II

BJ Forbes as Francisco

"From his childhood, Pedro Calungsod declared himself unwaveringly for Christ and responded generously to his call. Young people today can draw encouragement and strength from the example of Pedro, whose love of Jesus inspired him to devote his teenage years to teaching the faith as a lay catechist. Leaving family and friends behind, Pedro willingly accepted the challenge put to him by Fr. Diego de San Vitores to join him on the Mission to the Chamorros. In a spirit of faith, marked by strong Eucharistic and Marian devotion, Pedro undertook the demanding work asked of him and bravely faced the many obstacles and difficulties he met. In the face of imminent danger, Pedro would not forsake Fr. Diego, but as a "good soldier of Christ" preferred to die at the missionary's side." - - - Pope John Paul

Visit the Facebook page and watch out for Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir, an official entry to the #MMFF, showing Dec 25, 2013 in cinemas nationwide.

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2012 Metro Manila Film Festival winners

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"One More Try" was proclaimed Best Picture during the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival Awards night held at the Meralco Theater in Ortigas, Pasig City on Thursday, December 27. The awards night  was hosted by Kris Aquino and KC Concepcion.

Ruel S. Bayani's “One More Try” is a very unique family drama. This film shares a brave plot that tackles about a loving single mother  who is willing to sacrifice everything to save her ill son.

“El Presidente” was named 2nd Best Picture while “Sisterakas” won 3rd Best Picture.

Nora Aunor of “Thy Womb” the Best Actress award and Dingdong Dantes won the Best Actor award for the movie “One More Try.” 

Brillante Ma Mendoza won Best Director for "Thy Womb." 

Here's the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival complete list of winners:

Youth Choice Award: "EL PRESIDENTE"

Best Festival Float: "EL PRESIDENTE"

Best Sound: "EL PRESIDENTE"

Best Musical Score: "EL PRESIDENTE"

Best Theme Song: "EL PRESIDENTE"

Best Make Up: "EL PRESIDENTE"

Best Child Performer: MIGUEL VERGARA FOR "ONE MORE TRY"

Best Visual Effects: "SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL 14: THE INVASION"

Best Production Design: "THY WOMB"

Best Editing: VITO CAHILIG FOR "ONE MORE TRY"

Best Cinematographer: ODYSSEY FLORES FOR "THY WOMB"

Most Gender Sensitive Award (MAINSTREAM): "THY WOMB"

FPJ Memorial Award for Excellence: "ONE MORE TRY"

Best Supporting Actor: CESAR MONTANO FOR "EL PRESIDENTE"

Best Supporting Actress: WILMA DOESNT FOR "SISTERAKAS"

Best Original Story: HENRY BURGOS FOR "THY WOMB"

Best Screenplay: "ONE MORE TRY"

Best Director: BRILLANTE MENDOZA FOR "THY WOMB"

Gatpuno Villegas Cultural Award: "THY WOMB"

3RD Best Picture: "SISTERAKAS"

2ND Best Picture: "EL PRESIDENTE"

Best Picture: "ONE MORE TRY"

Best Actor: DINGDONG DANTES FOR "ONE MORE TRY"

Best Actress: NORA AUNOR FOR "THY WOMB"

For the New Wave: 

Full Length New Wave Best Actor: ALLAN PAULE FOR "DAYAK"

Full length New Wave Best Actress:  LIZA DINNO FOR "IN NOMINE MATRIS"

New Wave Best Picture: "THE GRAVE BANDITS"

New Wave Special Jury Prize: "AD IGNORATIAM"

New Wave Best Director: TYRONE ACIERTO FOR "THE GRAVE BANDITS"

Student Short Films Category

Best Short Film: "Pukpok" (DLSU)

Most Gender Sensitive Film Award: "Manibela" (FEU)

Special Jury Prize: "Tagad" (USC)



Special Awards

Gender Sensitivity Special Award (New Wave): "In Nomine Matris"

Gender Sensitivity Special Award (Mainstream): "Thy Womb"

Gender Sensitivity Special Award (Shorts): "Manibela"

FPJ Memorial Award: "One More Try"

Gatpuno Villegas Award: "Thy Womb"



Other Awards: 

Stars of the Night: Nora Aunor, former President Joseph Estrada

SMDC Male Celebrity of the Night: Zanjoe Marudo

SMDC Female Celebrity of the Night: Bianca King

“Thy Womb (Sinapupunan)” is one of the 8 entries in Metro Manila Film Festival 2012.

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Another award-winning masterpiece of the celebrated independent filmmaker Brillante Ma Mendoza , “Thy Womb (Sinapupunan)” is one of the 8 entries in Metro Manila Film Festival 2012.

This film stars internationally acclaimed actress Nora Aunor, who is making a comeback in the movie industry. She play as Shaleha Sarail, a Badjao midwife in Tawi-Tawi. She struggles to cope with the irony of her own infertility amidst the deprivation of her community. A saga of island life stuck between the devil of passion and the deep blue sea of tradition.

The province is a seaweed-producing spot in the southern most part of the Philippines down to the Malaysian and Indonesian archipelagos. Aging and still smarting from three miscarriages in the past, Shaleha agonizes over her failure to bear a child. Though an adoptive parent to her nephew, she still feels that her husband Bangas-An (Bembol Roco) desires to be a father. To fulfill her husband’s only wish and to be blessed by Allah--in her belief that having a child is a tangible proof of divine grace--Shaleha resolves to find a new partner for her husband. Night and day, she and her husband sail from their floating village to nearby island communities in search of a fertile woman. Providentially, Shaleha finds the girl as recommended by friends. But on the eve of her husband’s second marriage to Mersila (Lovi Poe), jealousy gnaws and consumes Shaleha.

Thy Womb (Tagalog: Sinapupunan) is a 2012 Filipino drama film starring Nora Aunor, Bembol Roco Mercedes Cabral, and Lovi Poe. Produced by Center Stage Productions and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), the film is written by Henry Burgos and directed by 2009 Cannes Film Festival Best Director Brillante Mendoza.

Watch “Thy Womb (Sinapupunan)” to  be shown in theaters nationwide on December 25, 2012.

"Si Agimat, Si Enteng Kabisote at Si Ako" for 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival on December 25

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Si Agimat, Si Enteng at Si Ako is the fantasy-adventure family comedy, action film starring  box-office giants of the local movie making industry Vic Sotto, Bong Revilla, Jr. and Judy Ann Santos.

The film is a crossover of Agimat and Enteng Kabisote film franchise. It is a joint production by five movie outfits, Octoarts Films, M-zet Productions, Imus Productions, APT Entertainment and GMA Films. This film is directed by Tony Y. Reyes (DGPI), story idea by Antonio Y. Reyes and Antonio P. Tuviera, and screenplay by Bibeth Orteza and Jermyn Aven Jacob.

It is one of the 8 official entries for 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival. It will be shown in theaters nationwide on December 25, 2012.

Enjoying Wonderful World is so glad and fortunately  meet and greet with Vic Sotto during a blogcon last December 17, 2012 at the Annabel's restaurant in Tomas Morato, Quezon City.  As he is called “Bossing”,  he told us that why he continues to make the Enteng Kabisote (EK) series because he wants to make every one happy at least even just for an hour or two this coming holidays. 

On this episode the EK team decided to add another character A.K.O. , the Angelina Kalikasan Orteza played by Judy Anne Santos. Bossing Vic explains that adding another character to broaden the story more and the adventure that they'll be going through. A.K.O is another encantada to protect the environment. 

The story begins with the establishment of the three different worlds apart, bound to meet for an adventure like no other – the humble family-oriented story of ENTENG KABISOTE (VIC SOTTO), a low-profile technician married to the beautiful Fairy Princess of Encantasia, FAYE (GWEN ZAMORA); the battles of the AGIMAT (RAMON “BONG” REVILLA, JR.), the brave village Warrior Hero of Amuleto; and the high tech-yuppie Kingdom of Diwatara ruled by Princess ANGELINA KALINISAN-ORTEZA (JUDY ANN SANTOS), also known in the human world as “AKO,” where she leads an environmental advocacy organization.

From the initial instalment “Si Agimat at Si Enteng Kabisote” in 2010, the friendship and partnership of Enteng and Agimat continues. From an ‘eligible bachelor’ Hero, Agimat now strives to apply all his learning from Enteng and Faye as he himself tries to start his own family with wife, also an Amuleto warrior, SAMARA (SAM PINTO). The fun levels up as Aiza brings Angelina and her comic modern Fairy sidekicks Pink Kapre CHE (John Lapus), Winged Horse SOL (Yassi Pressman) and Computer-wiz Dwarf CHICHAY (Ryzza Mae Dizon), into the lives of the Kabisote’s and the Amuleto couple.

As the fun triples, so as the adventure and thrill as they are confronted with high-tech and primitive villains from somewhere totally out of their worlds: cannibal tribes of the Tokatoks and filthy alien monsters from other planet. Witness unparalleled battle stunts set in the Philippines’ never-before-seen destinations as Agimat, equipped with his one-of-a-kind swordsmanship, Enteng and his iconic comic fighting style and Princess Angelina, in her Mystical Bird alter ego wins the battle of good over evil.

Enteng movie as it has always been known, values family, marriage, friendship, responsibility, forgiveness, love and respect and the protection of the one and only Mother Earth. Si Agimat, Si Enteng Kabisote at Ako, is a rollercoaster ride of drama, action, magic, visual effects, production design, cinematography and an unlimited fun and laughter for everyone.

It was truly a fun night with Bossing Vic!

Watch and enjoy the wonderful world of  Si Agimat, Si Enteng Kabisote at Si Ako! be shown in theaters nationwide on December 25, 2012.

"The Strangers" is one of the official entries to Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF 2012)

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Beware : "The Strangers" is One of the official entries to this year's Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF 2012).

The Strangers is the Filipino teen horror film directed by Lawrence Fajardo and was produced by Quantum Films and MJM Productions. This will be distributed by Star Cinema in December 25, 2012. 

It stars Enchong Dee, Julia Montes, Enrique Gil and JM De Guzman, with Janice De Belen, Cherry Pie Picache, Jaime Fabregas, Johnny Revilla and Nico Antonio. 

The story takes places on a a family who get lost in a province and start being hunted by the strangers.  Dolfo ( Enchong Dee) is one of the Aswangs. He will fall in love with Patricia ( Julia Montes) and will protect her from danger.

The Strangers focuses on a family of the five that tries to put aside their different on the eve of their kids' 18th birthday. Fraternal twins Pat (Julie Montes) and Max (Enrique Gil) prepare to go their annual out-of-town trip. Accompanied by their parents Roy (Johnny Revilla) and Evelyn (Cherry Pie Picache), their grandparent Pete (Jaime Fabregas) and his temporary caretaker Paloma (Janine de Belen), as well as their newly-hired driver Toning (Nico Antonio), they set off for the far-flung town of Murcia.

Whatever problems they had with each other fade away as they head for Murcia. But their happiness comes to a screeching halt when their van hits an old lady, presumably killing her. Shaken, they get out of the van to see if they can help her - and find that her body has vanished into thin air. When night sets in, Toning is attacked by a mysterious creature, Roy and Lolo Pete go missing, and Evelyn, Pat, Max and Paloma are left stranded in the middle of nowhere.

They eventually find their way to a village, where they are besieged by a series of aswang attacks. Pat finds an ally in one of the villagers, a young man named Dolfo (Enchong Dee). They realize the only way to survive is to band together against the aswang terrorizing the village.

Whether or not they will survie is something moviegoers will find out when The Strangers hits theaters as part of the MMFF on December 25.

The Strangers is directed by  Lawrence Fajardo is of the Cinemalaya 2012 Directors Showcase Best Film Posas (Shackled) , and at the Hanoi Film Festival in Vietnam - and Amok, which bagged a whopping 11 nominations for this year's Gawad Urian, as well as the top prize at the Detective Fest in Moscow last April.

Quantum Films and MJM Productions' newest venture will give moviegoers a whole new horror experience by taking you into a world where nothing is ever what it seems: the world of The Strangers. This is written and screenplayed by John Bedia. 

Check out The Strangers teaser and movie stills below:

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"One More Try" , a unique family drama film, Star Cinema offering to the 2012 MMFF

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“One More Try,” Star Cinema’s much-awaited top-caliber dramatic offering in the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) with the four of the country’s most sensual stars Angel Locsin, Angelica Panganiban, Zanjoe Marudo, and Dingdong Dantes.

This is an upcoming very unique family drama offering to the MMFF 2012. A romantic dramatic film will make this Christmas season even more hotter as they, which will hit theaters nationwide beginning December 25.

Under the direction of award-winning director Ruel S. Bayani, “One More Try” shares a brave plot that tackles about a loving single mother Grace (Angel) who is willing to sacrifice everything to save her ill son.

All seems well in Grace’s life, especially with the comfort of her son Botchok (Miguel Vergara) and boyfriend Tristan (Zanjoe) who is supporting her. But when Botchok’s rare blood condition becomes more severe, Grace is left with no other choice but to reconnect with Edward (Dingdong), Botchok’s biological father, an accomplished man married with a more successful power woman Jacqueline (Angelica).

All Grace asks from Edward is for him to help her save Botchok, their son. Edward is hesitant at first but Jacq gives him permission. However, such tedious process of curing Botchok starts to taint their happy relationships, for unwanted feelings in the past start to creep in. Until eventually all other options fail except only for one—Edward and Grace need to have another child to permanently cure Botchok and they need to do it the natural way.

In a situation where a life of an innocent child is at stake, can Grace, Edward, Tristan and Jacqueline sacrifice their personal feelings in order to cure Botchok? In this kind of pursuit, who will eventually win–Jacqueline who will go for a kill to save her faltering marriage with Edward or Grace, the devoted mother who will do anything to save her son even if it means compromising her relationship with the man who truly loves her?

This film also featured are Carmina Villaroel, Agot Isidro, Edward Mendez, and Ms. Gina Pareño.

Don’t miss the most dramatic film to conclude 2012, “One More Try,” which will be shown on cinemas nationwide starting December 25.

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ONE MORE TRY Full Trailer