Mano Po

Dec 25, 2002

1h 50m

★ 7.2

Overview

During the Chinese Revolution in 1949, young Chinese copra trader named Fong-Huan marries Elisa, a young and pretty Filipina. The couples children, Daniel and Linda, were raised in a mixture of Chinese and Filipino-Hispanic tradition. These richly cultured people are the ancestors of a dysfunctional third-generation family whose daughters tell their own stories of joy, struggle, and the complex realities in the life of Filipino Chinese families.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Regal Entertainment

Mano Po Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Vera Go

Maricel Soriano

Raf

Richard Gomez

Juliet Go-Co

Kris Aquino

Richelle Go

Ara Mina

Don Luis Go

Eddie Garcia

Daniel Go

Tirso Cruz III

Joseph Co

Eric Quizon

Young Luis / Fong Huan

Cogie Domingo

Emerson Lau

Jay Manalo

Gina Go

Gina Alajar

Linda Go

Amy Austria

Elisa Go

Boots Anson-Roa

Two aging couple who work in the Filipino film industry, a linear editor and an ex-dubber, who, at the twilight of their lives, decide to part ways to know what’s missing in their lives. They both explore things they haven’t explored before as they both undergo a sexual awakening in their lives. The wife finds comfort in a local school janitor whom she sees a slight parallelism to her life. On the other hand, the husband gets enamored on a shy barrio lass whose face elicit the same weakness he has for women chinita eyes.

0.0

Paglaya sa Tanikala

Dec 18, 2012

Young Berto is a glue-sniffing, street child that has fallen prey to human traffickers. When the street urchin meets Somascan Bro. Jerry, he finds refuge in the Casa Miani orphanage. But the brotherhood of the streets compel him to follow their code.

1.0

Mana

Feb 19, 2014

Amidst the vast sugar plantations of Negros in Southern Philippines, a matriarch lies in the throes of death. Her children rush home to confront the crisis as news of the impending death of their well-loved mother spreads among the community. There, in their ancestral house, the siblings are forced to deal with the issues of inheritance, tradition and the family legacy. It is a familiar tale. After all, every family has its story. And to each one, its own deserved secrets.

No Image Available

2.0

Mamasan

Jun 12, 2002

A Filipino dram film directed by Joey Romero.

No Image Available

0.0

A Thief, A Kid & A Killer

Mar 9, 2014

In a failed diamond heist, two hopeless thieves hide out in an apartment taking a ten-year-old boy hostage. With a gang of dirty police closing in on them each thief must decide to what lengths he will go to survive--a decision that will change the boy's life forever.

6.0

Country Maiden

Sep 11, 1919

This is the first Filipino feature-length film made by a Filipino director regarded as "Father of Filipino Movies" and is now lost forever. Dalagang Bukid is a story about a young flower vendor named Angelita, who is forced by her parents to marry a wealthy old man, Don Silvestre, despite her love for Cipriano, a law student.

3.0

Lalamunan

Nov 19, 2008

A spouse discovers her better half's savage room style unsettling and she begins to think about whether he's undermining her, and when this makes her waver into the edge of mental issues, she is "spared" by her male specialist companions with whom she starts an undertaking.

No Image Available

0.0

Fidel

Aug 28, 2009

A Filipino worker is on the death row for killing his employer. Because of a lady reporter who is bent on doing a full story about him, government officials are now trying to help him. But Fidel insisted that he killed his employer on purpose. Vega learned about his past- a boy-next-door type of person who grew up with a loving family. His profile doesn't fit the picture of a killer. Sister Lourdes, the Filipino nun who visits Fidel regularly wants to know the truth too.

2.0

Tutok

May 27, 2009

An ambitious reporter and his cameraman attempt to get their big break by venturing into the mountains by themselves to get in touch with a group of rebels. But what they find leads them into a living nightmare, as the very limits of their humanity are tested.

6.5

Shift

Nov 11, 2013

Estela, an idealistic, call center slacker is mentored by Trevor, a pragmatic, senior agent. Their interaction develops into an unconventional relationship that would challenge their most personal convictions.

6.3

Birdshot

Aug 16, 2017

A farm girl mistakenly shoots and kills an endangered Philippine Eagle. When authorities begin a manhunt to track down the eagle’s killer, they stumble upon an even more horrific discovery.

2.0

Cobra Mission 2

Sep 9, 1988

A Vietnam vet who specializes in freeing POWs goes behind enemy lines on a rescue mission with a group of mercenaries.

6.0

Night Plane from Chungking

May 31, 1943

Without lights and in a driving rain, a bus is lumbering along the muddy Assam Road en route from Chunking to the Indian border. Passengers include a European of unknown nationality, a missionary a French officer, and a White Russian. There is also an ancient Chinese lady on an important diplomatic mission to Indian and her traveling companion. The trip is halted when Japanese planes bomb the road and hit a munitions truck and kill many Chinese soldiers. The Chinese commander puts the wounded soldiers on the bus and directs it to a nearby secret airport where the officer in charge is an American attached to the Chinese Air Force.

1.0

Lamog

May 4, 2011

A family falls into turmoil as the son defies his abusive father in order to protect the people he loves.

3.0

Teach Me to Love

Jul 18, 2008

Mark is a high school senior who makes a personal problem out of his parents break-up when his mother leaves home for another woman. The thought of being the butt of jokes for "having two fathers" horrifies him. All these worries and angst take the backseat when a new teacher comes to campus. Her name is Connie and she is an instant hit among the boys. It is love at first sight for Mark. However, Connie has an affair with Vincent, a married man.

0.0

Pitas

Mar 3, 2010

A story about a dancer and a thief.

No Image Available

0.0

Sagrada Familia

Dec 23, 2009

A mother works abroad to fulfill the dreams of her family, but when she returns, she finds that her husband and daughter have disappeared. Thus begins a search for her family, leading the mother down shady roads, only to discover a devastating truth.

7.7

The Fatima Buen Story

Jul 27, 1994

Based on an actual case, Fatima Buen Story mixes tabloid sensationalism with paranormal symbolism and features O’ Hara’s trademark qualities: sudden violence and heroic love against a background of cinematic magic.

6.0

Big Night

Jun 24, 2009

A group of male and female prostitutes make preparations for a big event happening at a shady club where audiences will come to watch them perform sexual acts on stage. As the big night looms, they begin to feel the consequences of their profession.