The loving and nurturing Mariel (Sharon Cuneta) marries Edward (Christopher De Leon) after his first wife abandons him and their three children (Claudine Barretto, Patrick Garcia and Camille Prats). Mariel strives to win the acceptance and affection of her new stepchildren, even as she tries to define her role in the family. Directed by Olivia M. Lamasan, this provocative film explores issues of love, trust and what it means to be a family.

Directed by Olivia M. Lamasan

Sharon Cuneta
Christopher de Leon
Zsa Zsa Padilla
Claudine Barretto
Patrick Garcia
Camille Prats

BAGUIO City — When Joseph Estrada campaigned here in 2010, Igorot elders slaughtered a pig in a ritual predicting his victory.

But Estrada lost, trailing behind Benigno Aquino III. It was confounding to those who performed the ritual or cañao, as the pig’s bile was in good condition, which supposedly assured of a win.

After the race, some Igorotsasked themselves, Does the advent of modern-day politics, which uses indigenous rituals—deemed as dirty and violent in Philippine society—constitutes a violation of culture and tradition sacred to the indigenous people?

Using culture and tradition for election is part of “culture change,” but whether the traditional culture was bastardized because it was used for elections is subject to debate, Cordillera anthropologist Geraldine Fiag-oy said.

“The downside of using indigenous rituals for election purposes is that it gives false hopes to the candidates because it does not work all the time. If they lose the election, then they will look for a reason why they lost, in this case some candidates might blame the ritual,” she said.

Fiag-oyadded that if rituals were used for fortune-telling, they would not work all the time.

“One of the good points of using these rituals, aside from being able

Tagalog Movie

This is a story of Dianne and Albert trapped in a dysfunctional marriage with their respective spouses.

Albert become Dianne's client whose office conduct seminars for companies. They fall in love despite forbidding circumstances.

As in all illicit affairs, theirs is an alternately fulfilling and frustrating one.

Dianne was feeling the pressure of censure from her mother and the uncaring treatment from Louie, her husband.

When Louie turns violent she decided to run away from him.

However, life has so much irony.

It is Albert's turn to hedge and change his mind.

He decided he would remain with his family, even as he would remain her lover, too.

What are her remaining choices?

Directed by Olivia M. Lamasan

Sharon Cuneta
Richard Gomez
Edu Manzano
Angel Aquino
Marvin Agustin
Kristine Hermosa