Ama Quiambao

Ang Kuwento ni Mabuti (2013)

Origine Philippines
Genres Drame
Acteurs Nora Aunor, Mara Lopez, Ama Quiambao
Rôle Apung Ansing

Mabuti de la Cruz, is a 58-year-old healer who lives in poverty-stricken Sitio Kasinggan in Nueva Vizcaya with her surly mother, Guyang (Josephina Estabillo), luckless son Ompong (Arnold Reyes), loveless daughter Angge (Mara Lopez), and her four fatherless granddaughters. Although she came from the impoverished family, Mabuti still look up life in a positive way. Life is hard, but that doesn’t stop the cash-strapped but cheerful grandmother from basking in the simple pleasures of barrio life. Life was always simple for Mabuti until an unexpected twist changed her perception and found herself in a moral dilemma.

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Tarot (2009)

Réalisé par Jun Lana
Origine Philippines
Acteurs Marian Rivera Gracia-Dantes, Roxanne Guinoo, Dennis Trillo, Gloria Romero, Ana Capri, Celia Rodriguez
Rôle Nana Upeng

It is revealed Cara (Marian Rivera) has the ability to foresee the future using her grandmother Lola Auring's (Gloria Romero) tarot cards. This causes her mother Dianna (Susan Africa), much dismay. The next day, Cara predicts the deaths of two people; her father (who is shot) and Lola (who has a heart attack). At their funerals, Dianna puts the tarot cards in Lola's casket.

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Kaleldo (2006)

Réalisé par Brillante Mendoza
Origine Philippines
Thèmes Sexualité, Homosexualité, LGBT, LGBT, Lesbianisme
Acteurs Johnny Delgado, Cherry Pie Picache, Liza Lorena, Angel Aquino, Coco Martin, Ama Quiambao
Rôle Lina
Note63%

The story is set in Guagua, Pampanga a decade after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo which ravaged the province with lahar. It follows the lives of Rodolfo "Mang Rudy" Manansala, a woodcarver, and his three daughters and their relationships with the people close to them in the span of seven summers. Grace, the youngest daughter, marries the mama's boy Conrad, and has to face the reality of leaving the ancestral house, to which she is deeply rooted, to go and live with her in-laws. Much against her will, to the point of staging an escape, she yields to the dictates of tradition. Yet she manages to cope up with married life, and on the fourth year of her marriage gets pregnant with her second child. Lourdes, the middle daughter and married to the weakling Andy Pineda with whom she has a daughter, goes into an illicit affair with a bank manager, for which reason Mang Rudy succumbs to a heart attack and becomes bedridden. For a while numbed by the infidelity of his wife, Andy later realizes his insignificance and retaliates by beating up and nearly killing Lourdes. Lourdes atones for her guilt by ministering to Andy's wounds after he joins the rituals of the flagellants during the Holy Week. However, they both decide to separate. Jess, the eldest daughter, is a lesbian whose bitter luck in life is being unwanted by her own father. Yet she serves Mang Rudy to the hilt after he gets bedridden and makes the common sense of allowing her girlfriend Rowena to move in at the Manansala house, not so much for their own convenience as lovers but for Rowena to help in looking after Mang Rudy and in helping out with the household chores. But when a conflict arises between Lourdes and Rowena, Mang Rudy sends Rowena away. A year later, Mang Rudy succumbs to a second attack and when he dies several months later, Rowena sets foot on the ancestral house once more to pay her last respects. At the wake, Rowena comes to the realization that, like Andy, she never belonged and finally decides to leave Jess. Rowena gets married while Jess, along with her sisters, moves on with life. The story is told in three segments, with each segment told from the point of view of the three daughters. Attached to each segment are social occasion popularly observed in the province of Pampanga in the Philippines, with a symbolic motif for each, represented by the elements sun, fire, water, air, blood, moon and earth. With Rowena's wedding at the end of the film, as in Grace's wedding at the start, a full cycle of life transpired.

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Moments of Love (2006)

, 1h44
Origine Philippines
Genres Drame, Fantasy, Romance
Acteurs Dingdong Dantes, Iza Calzado, Karylle, Gloria Romero, Chinggoy Alonzo, Race Wong
Rôle Old Ceding
Note68%

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Let the Love Begin (2005)

, 2h15
Origine Philippines
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Richard Gutierrez, Angel Locsin, Mark Herras, Jennylyn Mercado, Gloria Romero, Paolo Contis
Rôle Aling Bella
Note58%

The story is set in high school. Pia (Angel Locsin) is beautiful and wealthy. She is the campus sweetheart that every guy is dreaming of. However, she is unhappy because her father (Tonton Gutierrez) constantly blames her for her brother's death, and makes all the decisions with regards to her future. Eric (Richard Gutierrez), Pia's high school classmate, is intelligent and has a good heart, but lives in poverty. Both of his parents have already died. He is left with his kind and loving grandmother who continues to encourage him to pursue his dreams and his love for Pia, no matter what obstacles get in his way. Eric works as the school's janitor during the day to support his studies, and to provide for him and his grandmother's needs. He has always admired Pia but never really had the courage or the chance to even talk to her. Although they belong to the extremes of social classes, Pia and Eric's paths cross when they share the same seat in class - Eric during the night (as part of his scholarship program) and Pia during the day. Eric becomes Pia's anonymous 'savior' as he answered Pia's school-related questions, and promised to always be there whenever she needed him.

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Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko (1999)

, 1h42
Réalisé par Boots Plata
Origine Philippines
Genres Drame, Comédie, Action
Acteurs Ferdinand Poe, Jr., Judy Ann Santos, Anita Linda, Paquito Diaz, Kier Legaspi, Berting Labra
Rôle Beth's Aunt
Note75%

"Badong (FPJ) has been raising up his only child, Joey, ever since his wife died at an early age. Consequently, Joey grows up like her father, a boyish person who acts like a man. Together with Lola Benedicta (Anita Linda), Badong and Joey had been living happily, with the former protecting his child while the latter is helping his father with his auto repair shop. One day, Badong's childhood friend, Beth (Aileen Damiles), visits their location and they became close. However, Joey feels that Beth is trying to replace her late mother and that Beth is destroying her relationship with her father.

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Virgin Forest (1985)

Réalisé par Peque Gallaga
Origine Philippines
Genres Drame, Guerre, Action
Acteurs Miguel Rodriguez, Pen Medina, Peque Gallaga, Ama Quiambao, Leo Martinez
Rôle Nana Isay
Note71%

The movie is set during the Philippine Republic. Macabebe soldiers are trying to capture Aguinaldo. Alfonisto (Miguel Rodriguez) and Chayong (Sarsi Emmanuel) are caught up in this pursuit and in a love triangle. In the end, Aguinaldo is captured and the Macabebe soldiers are killed.

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