Pandanggo (2006)
Do you want to dance?
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 2H 10M
Director : Dennis Empalmado, Wilfred Galila, Ruelo Lozendo
Synopsis
Pandanggo has three stories with parallel themes converging in one event, the Kasilonawan Festival in Obando: a career woman learning to dance tango who is torn between her dance partner and live-in partner has to choose the man who will satisfy her dream of raising a family; a wife whose wish to conceive a baby boy to make her husband happy brings her feet to the festival, but fate has other plans of bringing the child into her life; and a modern woman who, amidst her medical condition that might render her childless for the rest of her life, finds connection with an ancient lore about fertility.
Claire (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Roy (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Tango Teacher (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Aunt Hermie (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Healer (segment "Agogo")
Patrick (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Claire's Friend (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Tango Assistant (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Bridal Shower Friend (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Bridal Shower Friend / Bowling (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Bridal Shower Friend (segment "It Takes Two to Tango") (as Maan Asuncion)
Bridal Shower Friend (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Dance Student (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Dance Student (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Dance Student (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Dance Student (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Dance Student (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Roy's son (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Obando van driver (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Girl in Obando (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Obando devotee (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Girl at the locker (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Restaurant (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Restaurant (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Restaurant (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Restaurant (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Restaurant (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Bowling (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Bowling (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Bowling (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Bowling (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Filmmaker (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Aling Espie (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Arman (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Arman's Mistress (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Espie's Daughter (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Baby (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Obando Devotee (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Obando Devotee (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Jeepney (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Jeepney (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Jeepney (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Jeepney (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Jeepney (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Jeepney (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Narrator (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia")
Photographer (segment "Agogo")
Agogo (segment "Agogo")
Sleep Dancer (segment "Agogo")
Katalonan (segment "Agogo")
Kutsero (segment "Agogo")
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