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Came to Italy in search for his missing wife. He secures a job in Italy during his stay. 2005 Dubai: Raffy Aga Muhlach: Air freight employee United Arab Emirates [6] 2007 Katas ng Saudi: Oca Jinggoy Estrada — Saudi Arabia: Much of the film revolves around Oca dealing with his family in the Philippines after working in Saudi Arabia for ten ...
Caregiver is a 2008 Filipino drama film directed by Chito S. Roño from a story and screenplay written by Chris Martinez, with Roño and Jewel C. Castro as co-writers of the former. The film stars Sharon Cuneta , portraying the role of Sarah, a mother who left her son in the Philippines and also a teacher who relinquished her profession in lieu ...
Set in the Philippines, it focuses on a rice farmer relocating his family to the country's metropolitan capital in search of a better life. Ellis also co-produced and co-wrote the film. [1] The film was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, [2] but was not nominated.
Excluded in this list are works with a foreign cast (such as Ignacio de Loyola) which had primarily Spanish actors but was produced only by a Philippine-based studio, works which were adaptations of foreign media, and media produced solely by foreign production companies that are set in the Philippines and despite including Filipinos in its ...
On the Job was shown as part of the Directors' Fortnight at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it was praised and received a standing ovation on May 24. The film was released in the Philippines on August 28, 2013, and in the United States and Canada on September 27 of that year. It received positive reviews from foreign and domestic critics.
According to the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment, "active and systemic migration" [5] of Filipinos for temporary employment began by the 1960s, when the United States government, contractors of the US Armed Forces, and civilian agencies began recruiting Filipinos to work in jobs in the construction and service sector. [5]
Aguila (transl. Eagle) is a 1980 Philippine period drama film written, produced and directed by Eddie Romero, touted as "the biggest event in local movie history" and "the biggest Filipino film ever made". It features an ensemble cast topbilled by Fernando Poe Jr. [1] [2]
On the Job is a six-part Philippine miniseries created by Erik Matti and Michiko Yamamoto for HBO Asia Originals. It was adapted from the two On the Job films: the 2013 film and its sequel The Missing 8 , both of which are directed by Matti.