''Mano Po 4: Ako Legal Wife'' () is a 2005 Filipino

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

produced by

Regal Entertainment Regal Entertainment, Inc. (formerly and more commonly known as Regal Films) is a Philippine film production company based in Pasig. It was founded by Lily Monteverde on August 19, 1962. It has produced movies of all genres; and is the oldest s ...

, and an entry to the

2005 Metro Manila Film Festival The 31st Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila, Philippines from December 25, 2005 to January 7, 2006. Zsa Zsa Padilla, Marvin Agustin and the movie, ''Blue Moon (2006 film), Blue Moon'' topped the 2005 Metro Manila Film Festival The M ...

. The film focuses on the lives of the Chinese-Filipino community, but rather in a comedic way unlike in the first three ''Mano Po'' installments which are used in a melodramatic way. It stars

Jay Manalo Jay Manalo (born Jay Lan Manalo on 30 January 1976 in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Filipino- Vietnamese singer, model, rapper, and actor. He was born in South Vietnam but raised in Tondo, Manila. He was born to a Filipino father and Vietnamese ...

, Zsa Zsa Padilla as Chona the Legal Wife,

Cherry Pie Picache Cherry Pie Sison Picache (born May 27, 1970) is a Filipino actress who has starred television and in mainstream and independent films and has worked as a print and TV commercial model for Palmolive, Camay, and Eskinol. Cherry Pie is notable ...

as Patty the Lucky Wife and Rufa Mae Quinto as Gloria the Latest Wife. The title is considered as the fourth installment of the ''Mano Po'' film series and was based on the line of Zsa Zsa Padilla in '' Mano Po 2: My Home''; “''Ako legal wife!''” (lit. “I am helegal wife!”). Apart from the other ''Mano Po'' films, it is the first film in the series to use comedic elements since three of the films in the series centered on perplex drama.

Synopsis

Elton Chiong is a businessman having three wives. Chona, a pure Chinese is his legal wife having three children, Hamilton who is a homosexual, Hibiscus and Anthurium; Patty, who is a Chinese with having a Visayan accent. She gives good luck to Elton, with their only son Nixon; and Gloria, a Filipino is Elton's mistress.

Cast

as Elton Chiong * Zsa Zsa Padilla as Chona Gao-Chiong *

as Patty Que-Chiong * Rufa Mae Quinto as Gloria Martinez *

JC De Vera John Carlo de Vera (born March 10, 1986), better known by his screen name JC de Vera, is a Filipino actor, host and model. Personal life De Vera was offered a basketball scholarship in Colegio de San Juan de Letran after he graduated from high ...

as Nixon Chiong *

John Prats John Paulo Quiambao Prats (born February 14, 1984) is a Filipino comedian, actor, dancer, TV host, director, model and entrepreneur. He started as a child star in year 1992. He is the older brother of actress and former child-star Camille Pra ...

as Hamilton Chiong *Julianne Lee as Hibiscus Chiong *

Ella Guevara Ella Guevara (born Janella Denise Yuson Guevara; August 19, 1998, Quezon City) is a Filipina child actress. She rose to fame through her appearance on a talent search on television called ''StarStruck Kids'' that aired on the Filipino televisi ...

as Anthurium Chiong *

Bianca King Bianca Charlotte King-Wintle (born 18 March 1985) is a German-born Filipino-Canadian former actress best known for playing the role as Noemi Manansala in the thriller drama series '' Sinner or Saint'' (2011), as Aviona in the hit ''fantaserye'' ...

as Trixia Sy *

Pinky Amador Pilar Cristina Roxas Amador (born 16 March 1966), commonly known by her stage name Pinky Amador, is a Filipina actress, singer, commercial model and TV host. Amador was in the original London cast of the Cameron Mackintosh musical hit ''Miss S ...

as Elvie Rosales-Tan *Marissa Sanchez as Nancy Dy *Harvey Diez as Benito Co

Awards

At the

, Padilla took the award for

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

and Picache won the award for Best Supporting Actress.

References

External links

* 2005 films 2000s Tagalog-language films 2005 comedy-drama films Philippine comedy-drama films Regal Entertainment films 2005 comedy films 2005 drama films Films directed by Joel Lamangan {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub