Mars Ravelo

Movies

I'm Sorry, My Love
Novel
In the hope of landing a job that will eventually enable her to pay for her sister's operation Tinay leaves her small fishing village and heads for Manila. With only her dreams accompanying her she arrives in the big city and how! She gets hit by a car but that proves to be a blessing in disguise because the accident leads her to her employment. She then meets Randy the son of her boss whose girlfriend Sylvia has been goading that they get married. But Randy feels that he's not yet ready to settle down and when he refuses to marry her Sylvia hooks up with another guy in a desperate attempt to make him change his mind.
Roberta
Story
Roberta is a young girl who cares for her ailing mother. When her mother dies, she is forced to live with her irresponsible father and his wicked girlfriend.
Wanted: Perfect Mother
Writer
A 30-year-old widower realizes that his three children need a mother figure. His youngest daughter feels lonely and finds it hard to cope with schooling. He scouts around for a tutor for his daughter, someone who could also act as her playmate and friend. The lady who arrives -- a cheerful singer and tutor -- brings light to their home lives.
Dyesebel
Story
After years of hiding from a cruel, suspicious society on the land, a mermaid, Dyesebel returns and falls in love with a man named Fredo. However, she becomes the target of Fredo's jealous ex girlfriend.
Darna
Story
A girl is granted a magical stone by an angel to become the superheroine Darna to combat evil and would later battle Valentina, her future nemesis.
Dyesebel
Story
After years of hiding from a cruel, suspicious society on the land, the mermaid Dyesebel returns and falls in love with a man named Fredo. However, she becomes the target of Fredo's jealous ex girlfriend.
Bondying: The Little Big Boy
Novel
Jimmy Santos as the innocent Bondying.
Jack & Jill Sa Amerika
Story
Jack and Jill face a new whole adventure- this time in America! When they received a telegram from their dead uncle's lawyer they were prompted to go to the US immediately. Thinking she can have everything back, Jack decides to sell her jeepney and exhaust her savings to buy their plane ticket. But the day they are about to know the span of their uncle's riches they witness the murder of his lawyer! Jack and Jill must get out fast before the killers get to them first.
Jack & Jill
Story
When the old man became ill Jack took over her father's job of chauffeuring for a handsome millionaire whose rather eccentric mother had decided to adopt Jill so she could fulfill her dream of having a daughter. But Jill was really Jack's sister or brother.
Captain Barbell
Story
A crossover team-up between Captain Barbell and Darna.
Darna at Ding
Characters
Narda receives superhuman powers and becomes Darna. Darna and her child brother Ding start by fighting the Hawk Woman; next they face-off with the Giant, and both foes are destroyed. They meet Dr. Vontesberg a good Samaritan woman doctor, who actually plans in secret to destroy an entire village to avenge her grandfather who had been mistakenly accused of being a devil worshiper. She too has powers to summon the dead and terrorize the townspeople. Narda is captured by the evil doctor, who shows Darna how she intends to achieve her plan. Just in time, Ding arrives to rescue his helpless sister and together they stop Vontesberg's plan. Darna and Ding flow their way to the city, but they are captured by a Sorceress, and they join a bunch of other prisoners. The sorceress Lei Ming and Darna measure their strength and powers. After losing her face, Lei Ming takes her own life.
Apat Na Maria
Story
The bitter-sweet love affairs of four sisters with different outlooks and temperaments end in simultaneous weddings.
Roberta
Story
A young female hero is unjustly accused of murder and intimidated to say that she committed the crime so that her family would not be harmed.
Bira! Darna! Bira!
Story
Jack n' Jill of the Third Kind
Story
Despite being siblings, Gorio and Benita rarely see eye to eye. For the queer Gorio, thinks of nothing else but to be the perfect woman, while the boyish Benita, constantly rejects Gorio's senseless fantasies. Considering Gorio a hopeless case, Benita poses as a man and takes on the job as a driver to the rich playboy Raul. But then, Benita is faced with another dilemma when she finds herself falling for the charming Raul. And to make matters worse, Beinta learns of Gorio playing the role of a mysterious lover to Raul's grandfather. What will Benita and Gorio do to avoid getting caught?
Dyesebel
Story
Dyesebel is unique among the merfolk for she is the only mermaid born of human parents from the surface world. A mermaid from birth, she is shunned by the superstitious due to her physical form. After her father is killed by an angry, superstitious mob, Dyesebel is taken to the ocean by her mother where she is sent into exile since her chances for survival are greater there than on land. The young girl-mermaid is found by Banak who adopts her and takes her to their kingdom where she is welcomed into their community.
Captain Barbell
Story
Tenteng, a bullied wimp who dreams of being a strongman, gains superpowers from a magical barbell.
Darna and the Giants
Characters
The Filipino superheroine and her little brother Ding must defend their village from alien-controlled giants.
Dyesebel
Story
Dyesebel is a popular mermaid character in the Philippines. The comic book character was originally conceived by the Filipino comic book illustrator, Mars Ravelo and drawn by Elpidio Torres.
Fly, Darna, Fly!
Characters
The first Darna movie featuring Vilma Santos.
And God Smiled at Me
Story
Cadena de Amor
Story
Adapted from Mars Ravelo’s serialized “komiks,” this 1971 melodrama by Lino Brocka stars Rosemarie Sonora, Dante Rivero and Hilda Koronel as a twisted love triangle.
Lumuha Pati mga Anghel
Story
Fragile as a teardrop - Powerful as a God-given Right.
Dipped in Gold
Story
Lino Brocka's adaptation of Mars Ravelo's "komiks" melodrama about a successful businessman who is terrified of being exposed as a homosexual.
Haydee
Screenplay
Haydee
Story
Wanted: Perfect Mother
Story
It tells of a couple, Dante and Elsa who hires a new governess, Carla to care for their four children. The governess quickly establishes rapport with the children and the husband creating rumors of an affair. Before things could go wrong, Carla decides to leave. Elsa dies in a car accident and the widower decides to marry again and getting a new mother to his children. Carla is the popular one among several choices, but the head servant poisons the minds of the children against her.
Divina Gracia
Novel
Two identical sisters vying for the attention of one man they both love.
Facifica Falayfay
Story
A young boy, Facifica is raised as a girl by his mother, Aling Kobay, who had been longing for a daughter. When Facifica’s mother dies, his brothers tries to teach him combat skills and how to act like a "real man." Later, he meets Pilar, a movie star that Facifica idolizes. He falls in love with her and feels the need to protect her.
Darna and the Planetman
Story
Darna vs. Planetman
Pomposa: Ang Kabayong Tsismosa
Story
Kwatang: A Star Is Born
Comic Book
Captain Barbell
Writer
The first film adaptation of the iconic Filipino superhero Captain Barbell.
Darna At Ang Babaing Tuod
Story
It's Darna and she's awesome as ever.
Anak ni Dyesebel
Story
Living in bliss since their marriage, Fredo and Dyesebel are expecting their first child. Meanwhile, Betty who became a mermaid vowed to avenge herself waits for an opportunity to carry out her revenge.
Isputnik vs. Darna
Story
The fourth Darna movie and second featuring Liza Moreno, she is now fighting against Isputnik.
Si Darna at Ang Impakta
Story
The third Darna movie, and the first to feature her after 11 years. Now fighting the Impakta.
Dobol Trobol
Story
A story about conjoined twins and their adventure through life.
Vicky
Story
Silveria
Story
A story about a man who saves a horse that was about to be put down not knowing that the horse was magical and could talk.
Prinsesa Gusgusin
Story
It's a fairy tale romance when a modern Cinderella meets her handsome lover prince.
Eternally
Story
Ismol Bat Teribol
Story
She's lovely, she's cute, she's 'ismol.' But--look out. She's 'teribol.'
Boksingera
Story
A mother gives birth to a baby girl but her father wants a boy, so as the girl grows up her father trains her in boxing so she becomes tomboyish, then World War 2 breaks out.
Miss Tilapia
Story
Hootsy Kootsy
Writer
Mariposa
Story
Join the merry-go-round as the three witches try to make life miserable for Mariposa until Mariposa learns how to turn the tables on them.
Tatay na si Bondying
Writer
Ang Biyenang Hindi Tumatawa
Story
When a mother-in-law SCOLDS--that's ordinary, GOSSIPS--that's understandable, DESPAIRS--that's bearable. But when a mother-in-law just won't laugh--WHAT A MISFORTUNE.
3 Sisters
Writer
Cora is Susie, happy, carefree teenager. Rosita is Sylvia, socialite who cannot make up her mind until she meets the right man. Nena is Salud, a helpless invalid who believes in just one love.
Inspirasiyon
Story
Dyesebel
Story
Dyesebel is a story of a girl with a mother who is really obsessed with mermaids. When she was born, she had deformities which her father was really angry. The family decided to relocate and leave their village so they can raise Dyesebel secretly and to avoid from angry mobs. Dyesebel met his guy Fredo who saved him when she was kidnapped.
Gorio at Tekla
Comic Book
Texas, Ang Manok na Nagsasalita
Writer
Basiong spends all of his time in the cockpit. His family is neglected and his child Mario dies. St. Peter and his rooster decide to intervene.
Darna and the Hawk Woman
Story
This is the second movie featuring Darna, but now she is facing another villainess, Ang Babaeng Lawin, played by Elvira Reyes.
Darna and the Hawk Woman
Characters
This is the second movie featuring Darna, but now she is facing another villainess, Ang Babaeng Lawin, played by Elvira Reyes.
Basahang Ginto
Story
One man dared turn this crude, uneducated, ill-clad gutter-born woman into high society's most beautiful, exciting, tempting creature.
Rebecca
Writer
Darna
Story
Darna is the first film featuring the Filipino comics character Darna.
Darna
Comic Book
Darna is the first film featuring the Filipino comics character Darna.
Roberta
Story
Based on the popular comics by Mars Ravelo, Roberta is a battered child taking care of his brother in an impoverished setting.