''My Cactus Heart'' (stylized as ''#MyCactusHeart'') is a 2012 Filipino

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by Enrico Santos, starring

Maja Salvador Maja Ross Andres Salvador-Ortega (; born October 5, 1988) is a Filipino actress, performer, television host, occasional producer, and talent manager. Referred to as the “Majestic Superstar”and the "''Queen of Revenge Drama''", Salvador is ...

Matteo Guidicelli Gianmatteo Vittorio Fernan Guidicelli (, born March 26, 1990), known professionally as Matteo Guidicelli, is a Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer. Early life and career Matteo Guidicelli was born in Cebu City. He is one of ...

, and introducing

Xian Lim Alexander Xian Lim (born July 12, 1989) is a Filipino actor, model, singer, host, blogger, filmmaker and professional basketball player. He is best known for his roles in ''My Binondo Girl'' (2011), '' The Reunion'' (2012), ''Ina, Kapatid, Ana ...

. It is the first independent film produced by

Skylight Films Skylight Films was a division of ABS-CBN Films ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (doing business as Star Cinema or ABS-CBN Films) is a Philippines, Filipino film studio and film and television production company and film distributor headqua ...

which premiered inside the PBB house on January 24. 2012. It was released nationwide on January 25, 2012.

Premise

Sandy (

) is a hopeless romantic who has dumped many boyfriends and also rejected a number of suitors. Her life changes when she meets Bene (

), a handsome heartthrob, at work. However, her friend Carlo (

) will do everything to have her reciprocate his affection.

Plot

My Cactus heart, ''A thorny love'' story revolves on Sandy (

), a hopeless romantic girl whose heart and mind is very optimistic believing there is only one great perfect love. After discovering the infidelity of her father, she sworn off love, she thinks men are heels. Now she is known as heart breaker, 'BASTED-ERA' - that's Sandy who always find reasons to reject men who hangs around her. She feels she will end up being hurt, just what like her father did to her mother. She has dumped every man she has been in a relationship with, ignored and denied suitors who would love to ask her out. Now, who might be the lucky guy to enter her thorny heart? Will it be her friend Carlo (

), a waiter of a family business, who is repeatedly rejected by Sandy, but doesn't take NO for an answer, or her handsome new co-worker Benedict (

Cast

Main cast

as Sandra 'Sandy' *

as Carlo *

as Benedict

Supporting cast

*Ramon Christopher as Facundo *

Rosanna Roces Jennifer Adriano Arias (born May 25, 1972), better known by her pseudonym, stage names Rosanna Roces and Osang, is a Philippines, Filipina actress. Career Roces was a contract star of Seiko Films from 1994 to 1996, introduced initially as "Ana ...

as Margaret *

Ricky Davao Frederick Charles Davao, professionally known as Ricky Davao (born May 30, 1961) is a Filipino actor, television director, and industrial management engineer (graduated from Mapua Institute of Technology. He is the husband of actress Jackie Lou ...

as Dan *

Joy Viado Teresita Joy De Leon-Viado (April 10, 1959 – September 10, 2016) was a Filipino character actress, singer, and comedian known for playing Lola Paula in ''Luv U'', Bebot in ''Kokey @ Ako'', and Aling Gloria in '' Cinco''. Early life Viado was ...

† as Tita Au *

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 Carol *

Bettina Carlos Anna Bettina Christina Pineda Carlos-Eduardo (born December 25, 1987), known professionally as Bettina Carlos, is a Filipina actress and host. She started her career in GMA Network and a contract artist of GMA Network but later moved to rival s ...

as Anna *

Kristel Moreno Kristel Moreno (born January 14, 1991) is a Filipino actress and dancer. A former child star and former Sexbomb Girl, she was relaunched as a member of Star Magic ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc., trade name, doing business as S ...

as Lucy *

Franzen Fajardo Franzen (born Franzen Macaraig Fajardo on April 18, 1982 in Sampaloc, Manila) is a Filipino actor, TV host, and former reality show contestant. Fajardo was forced evicted in the reality series Pinoy Big Brother on Day 91, November 19, 2005. Earl ...

as Tommy *

Beatriz Saw Maria Beatriz Imperial Saw-Tan (born November 17, 1985), is a Filipino actress with Taiwanese descent. She won the second season of ''Pinoy Big Brother''. On June 30, 2007 (day 126) after garnering about 1.5 million votes, or 30.29% of ...

as Arianna *Lemuel Pelayo as Kale *Mariel Pamintuan as Heart *

Niña Dolino Niña Dolino (born October 26, 1982) is a Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Phi ...

as Helena *Gee Canlas as Johanna *

Ervic Vijandre John Ervic Manalo Vijandre (born January 26, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player, actor, model, and politician. As a basketball player, he plays for the Marikina Shoemasters of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Vi ...

as Romeo * JM de Guzman as Valentin *Cecil Paz as Lindsay

Box office

''#MyCactusHeart'' had a total gross receipts of P23,008,393, as of its third week. It ranked 4th Top Grossing Indie Film of 2012 and one of the 20 Top Grossing Filipino films of 2012. It is one of the most successful indie films of 2012 beating other mainstream films of GMA Films, Viva Films, and Regal Films.

Soundtrack

Star Records Star Music (stylized in lowercase as starmusic; formerly known as Star Records), is a record label in the Philippines owned and operated by media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. It was formerly a separate company operating as a wholly owned su ...

released the soundtrack of the movie, containing 12 tracks.

Sam Milby Samuel Lloyd Milby (; born May 23, 1984) is a Filipino American, Filipino-American actor, musician, guitarist, model, recording artist, and businessman. In 2005, Milby decided to seriously pursue a career in show business and modeling. Biograph ...

made a cover of "Kaba", which was originally sung by Tootsie Guevarra for the film's soundtrack album, however, in the official music video, it was sung by

.My Cactus Heart OST: Feature Album
retrieved via www.starrecords.ph 01-27-2012

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 2193161 2012 films 2010s Tagalog-language films 2010s English-language films Star Cinema films Skylight Films films Philippine romance films 2012 romance films 2012 multilingual films Philippine multilingual films