''Coming Home'' is a 2020 Philippine

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film co-edited and directed by

Adolfo Alix Jr. Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr., also known as Adolf Alix Jr. (born October 17, 1978), is a Philippines, Filipino screenwriter and film director. Biography He was born October 17, 1978, in Makati, Philippines. He graduated magna cum laude at the Pam ...

. The film stars

Jinggoy Estrada Jose Pimentel Ejercito Jr. (born February 17, 1963), better known as Jinggoy Estrada or Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, is a Filipino politician and film actor serving as a senator since 2022 and previously from 2004 to 2016. He is the current presi ...

Sylvia Sanchez Jossette Campo-Atayde (born May 19, 1971), better known as Sylvia Sanchez, is a FAMAS award winning Filipino actress and comedian. She is the wife of businessman Art Atayde and the mother of actors Arjo Atayde and actress Ria Atayde. Person ...

Ariella Arida Ariella "Ara" Hernandez Arida (; born November 20, 1988) is a Filipino beauty pageant titleholder, actress, and model, who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Universe, Miss Universe Philippines 2013. She represented the Philippines at the Miss ...

Edgar Allan Guzman Edgar Allan Guzman (born November 20, 1989), also known by his nickname and screen name EA Guzman, is a Filipino actor, singer, host and model. He gained popularity after winning the Mr. Pogi 2006 competition on ''Eat Bulaga!'', aired on GMA Ne ...

Jake Ejercito Juan Emilio "Jake" Enriquez Ejercito (; born March 27, 1990) is a Filipino actor. He is the son of former actor and Philippine President Joseph Estrada and a half-brother to Senators Jinggoy Estrada and JV Ejercito. Education Ejercito atten ...

Martin del Rosario Martin Miguel Mangay del Rosario (born November 25, 1992) is a Filipino actor and model who is known for his portrayal of Norberto Matias in the 2011 drama series '' Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin'', as Severino Monzon in the TV adaptation of '' Pin ...

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and Julian Estrada. It is one of the entries in the

2020 Metro Manila Film Festival The 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is the 46th edition of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival. It is organized by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). It is the first edition of the festival to be held online due to th ...

Premise

Benny Librada (

) works in

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, as a means of livelihood for his family back in the Philippines. Caught in a vulnerable situation, he falls for Mercy Dungca (

) who works as a nurse in the Gulf country with Dungca becoming Benny's "reluctant mistress". Back in the Philippines, the Librada matriarch, Salve (

) aims to keep her family together while concealing that she has terminal illness.

Cast

as Benny Librada *

as Salve Librada *

as Mercy Dungca *

as Neb Librada *

as Enji Librada *

as Yuri Librada *

as Sally Librada *

as SJ Librada * Julian Estrada as Berns Librada *

Jana Agoncillo ''Ningning'' () is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Jeffrey Jeturian, it stars Jana Agoncillo, John Steven de Guzman, Beauty Gonzalez, Ketchup Eusebio and Sylvia Sanchez. It aired on the network's Prime Tan ...

as Becy *Smokey Manaloto as Itok *Samantha Lopez as Osang *Almira Muhlach as Fely *

Luis Hontiveros The seventh season of the Reality television, reality game show ''Pinoy Big Brother'', subtitled Lucky (pronounced as ''Lucky 7'' or ''Lucky Season 7'') aired on ABS-CBN for 235 days from July 11, 2016 to March 5, 2017. This is the third consec ...

as Jonas *

Geneva Cruz Geneva Mendoza Cruz (; born April 2, 1976) is a multiplatinum Filipina singer and actress known for her songs, ''"Anak Ng Pasig"'' (Child of Pasig River) and ''"Kailan"'' (When). She was discovered and mentored by National Artist of the Phili ...

as Ellen *Chanel Morales as Liz * Alvin Anson as Lloyd *Gigi Locsin as Doctor

Production

''Coming Home'' was produced under Maverick Films with

as its director. Alix came up with the initial concept story for ''Coming Home'' while Gina Marissa Tagasa was responsible for the film's screenplay. The film's plot is reportedly partially inspired from true-to-life events.

Release

''Coming Home'' was initially part of the

2020 Metro Manila Summer Film Festival The 2020 Metro Manila Summer Film Festival was planned to be the first edition of the annual Summer Metro Manila Film Festival. It was to be organized by the MMDA in partnership with the Cinema Exhibitors Association of the Philippines. The fil ...

, which was supposed to take place from April 11 – 21 of that year. However, the festival was cancelled due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. It was finally released online through Upstream on December 25, 2020 as an official entry to the

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0392005 2020 films Films shot in Qatar Films shot in Doha Films set in the Philippines 2020s Christmas drama films Films not released in theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic Philippine Christmas drama films Maverick Films films Films directed by Adolfo Alix Jr. Filipino-language films 2020s Philippine films