Vilma Santos, Claudine Barretto, Joel Torre
The main character is a Filipina Overseas Contract Worker, one of the many residents of the archipelago who is forced to leave her family and take a higher paying job in a more prosperous Asian countr...( read more
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A Philippine movie about family relations, a mother goes abroad to work, and her employer refuses to let her go see her family. When her husband dies, and she returns, her children are angry at her. It is a very realistic and sad story, and with the song "Anak" playing in the bac...( read more)
It is a Philippine film about a mothers anguish and desperation as she tries her best to give and make a better life for her family....Film also tackles the hardship of Filipinos who work overseas..but more importantly it is about the family ties..it also answerers the question o...( read more)
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