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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 ...
Dubai is a 2005 Filipino drama film directed by Rory B. Quintos from a screenplay written by Ricardo Lee, Shaira Mella Salvador, and John Paul Abellera, based on a story concept and research by Lee. Shot in the United Arab Emirates , it tells the story of three overseas Filipino workers who unexpectedly become connected by friendship and love.
On September 13, 1996, Vic del Rosario Jr., Teresita Cruz and Vic Jose announced that Viva Films acquired the film rights to Sarah Balabagan's story. [5] Balabagan was initially skeptical about turning her life into a film, but later on accepted the offer after consulting her advisers and realizing the positive reception gathered by The Flor Contemplacion Story. [1]
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.
The first Filipino film adapted from a Wattpad story was Viva Films' Diary ng Panget, released in 2014. The story gained significant popularity on the platform, and the film became a box-office success, as reported by Box Office Mojo. [1] The success was followed by Star Cinema's She's Dating the Gangster, which also performed well upon 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.
Amigo centers on Rafael Dacanay, kapitan of the fictional barrio of San Isidro in a rice-growing area of Luzon. [4] His brother Simón, head of the local guerrilla band, has forced the surrender of the Spanish guardia civil outpost and charged Rafael with the task of imprisoning the guardia captain and the barrio's Spanish friar, Padre Hidalgo, in the name of the First Philippine Republic.