Director
Unraveling the fantastical orgins of lizards, bats, monkeys, and water lilies.
Screenplay
A coming-of-age story of a barrio lass in a patriarchal archipelago.
Malvarosa is the poignant story of a family’s struggles in life. It tells of Rosa who lives in the slums near the railroad tracks, with her mother and five brothers. Her mother wallows in guilt and depression, when her drunkard father is run over by a train. Though she is set to marry her fiancé, Rosa chooses to put her family’s needs before her own. Rosa’s brothers also carry their own burdens, except for one, the youngest, Avelino who helps Rosa shoulder the weight of the family’s problems.
Citas is a rich but very spoiled girl who insists on marrying a man who is obviously only after her money. While holed up in their vacation house in Baguio, she manages to escape and in a bus, meets a seasoned newspaper reporter, who is in dire need of a scoop.
“Pasiya ng Langit” is the 1954 remake of “Sawing Gantimpala” (1940), now lost.
Screenplay
Prince Teñoso who is exiled by his father, the king after freeing the pitiful giant from jail. In gratitude, the giant gives Teñoso a magic handkerchief that can tame animals and can give him his wishes. As a beggar, Teñoso is despised by the princes, the king's soon-to-be sons-in-law, but eventually is recognized as the hero responsible for curing the king's illness, and winning the king's battles against the moors.
