May Nagmamahal Sa'yo
1996 film directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
May Nagmamahal Sa'yo, internationally released as Madonna and Child,[lower-alpha 1] is a 1996 Philippine drama film directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya from a screenplay written by Ricky Lee and Shaira Mella Salvador. Starring Lorna Tolentino, Ariel Rivera, and Stefano Mori, the film revolves around a woman who returned from working overseas and began to search for her missing son whom she gave up for adoption at the orphanage years earlier. It also stars Claudine Barretto, Gina Pareño, Renato del Prado, Jaclyn Jose, Tom Taus Jr., Emman Abeleda, Rolando Tinio, Archie Adamos, and Lilia Cuntapay.
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Directed by | Marilou Diaz-Abaya |
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Cinematography | Eduardo Jacinto |
Edited by | Jess Navarro |
Music by | Nonong Buencamino |
Production company | Star Cinema |
Distributed by | Star Cinema |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | Philippines |
Language | Filipino |
Produced and released by Star Cinema, the film was theatrically released in the Philippines on 25 January 1996. It was later screened in film festivals and retrospective events worldwide, including in Hong Kong on 27 March 1996, as part of the 20th Hong Kong International Film Festival, in Japan on 15 September 1996, as one of the exhibited Filipino films for the 6th Fukuoka International Film Festival, and in Germany on 26 June 1999, as part of the tribute to the director at the Munich International Film Festival.[lower-alpha 1]