''Puso ng Pasko'' () is a
1998
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Filipino
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* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
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comedy-drama
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fantasy film
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directed by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes and written by Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes, and Paul Daza for
Star Cinema
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 headquartered in Quezon City. It is one of the major film ...
. The film was an official entry of the
1998 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 24th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1998.
It was a clean sweep for '' José Rizal'' in the 1998 Metro Manila Film Festival. The movie won all but one of the eighteen awards at stake, which is the Best Actress given to Alice Dixson
...
.
Plot
The story revolves around the Carpio family. The mother Ophelia (Cherry Pie Picache) loves to plant flowers especially roses. Her husband Miguel (Edu Manzano) is a well-respected man in their community. They use to celebrate Christmas with their children Dondi (Jason Salcedo), the eldest, Vincent (Justin Simoy) a paralytic, and their only daughter Maya (Korinne Lirio). But, when Ophelia gave birth to Christopher (Emman Abeleda) on Christmas Day, she got sick and series of events happened especially when Miguel's sisters Belle (Jaclyn Jose) and Christy (Rita Avila) came to the picture. Miguel suffered many problems in his business and was forced to go on hiding and Ophelia died and blamed Christopher. During Christmas season Belle and Christy along with their confidante Leopold (Manny Castañeda) are planning to sell the house and forcing the Carpio children as well as Tiyo Balti (Jaime Fabregas) and Lola Angeles (Anita Linda) to leave. However, Dondi and his siblings were moved to the garage. However, Tiyo Balti was there to help them and said the Christmas is the season of miracles, especially Dondi's girlfriend Sandy (Anna Larrucea). Their only way to save their house is the land title that was now yet found. They also saw a Christmas ball that come to life and introduced herself as Merry (Jolina Magdangal). Merry were given each of them one wishes except for Vincent who does not believe in the spirit of Christmas. However, they are barred from saying or sharing their wishes or it will come true. Maya was the first to make a wish, while they are in the Church attending Simbang Gabi, she wished for Vincent to walk again. Vincent fell and was able to walk again. For Christopher, he wished to have snow in Philippines. Although it's a tropical country, it began to snow. However, series of disasters happened because of snow. Especially Christopher who suffered pneumonia. When Christopher saw Belle and Christy making a fake title, he was also saw by Christy and hid himself buried in snow. Now, he is dying, Dondi wished to Merry for Christopher to be healed. He was completely healed that the doctor could not believed what caused his complete recovery. But, Vincent knew that it was Dondi who wished for him to walked again, until he knew that it was Maya. Because of the doctor's advice that Christopher might got sick again because of the snow, Sandy wished for the snow to stop. Belle and Christy goes for drastic measures to forced the children to get out. However, they were given until Christmas Day to go out. On Christmas Eve, they celebrated Christmas as well as Christopher's birthday and Merry bid farewell to them. As they celebrated Christmas, Belle and Christy came to tell them to get out. But, when Angeles came, Maya gave her a piece of white rose. When Angeles asked where she get the rose, they brought her to the garden and Angeles started to dig. The demolition team came but Dondi stopped them from destroying the house until Angeles found a chest and remembered everything. She recalled that their mother Ophelia put the land title, and they found the real land title. An outraged Christy threw a piece of debris from the pergula and hit Dondi to the head. Dondi, already bleeding returned to the garage and he was helped by Christopher. But Christopher, saw Dondi taken by an angel, and Christopher wished once again to Merry. He wished for Dondi to return, in exchange, he gave to her his necklace with the pictures of his parents. Dondi returned and told Christopher that he is sleeping. An unexpected visitor came as the Carpio family is about to go to Church to attend the Christmas Eve Mass. The visitor turned out to be Miguel, their estranged father. Dondi, Vincent, Maya and Christopher had reunited with their father on Christmas day.
Cast and characters
*Jason Salcedo as Dondi Carpio
*Justin Simoy as Vincent Carpio
*Korinne Lirio as Maya Carpio
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Emman Abeleda
Emman Abeleda is a Filipino actor, singer and dancer.
Career
Abeleda practically grew up on screen, he first started appearing on films as early as 1996. As a child actor, he often portrayed son and younger brother roles.
On television, he ...
as Christopher Carpio
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Jaclyn Jose
Mary Jane Santa Ana Guck (born October 21, 1964), better known by her stage name Jaclyn Jose, is a Filipino cinema and television actress who has earned international critical acclaim. She is best known for her roles in the films ''Private Sho ...
as Belle Carpio
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Rita Avila
Rita Ávila is a Filipino actress and author.
Ávila is married to director, Erick Reyes, she had a baby who they named Elia Jesú E. Reyes. The baby died three weeks after being born. She also wrote an inspirational booklet called, ''8 Ways to ...
as Christy Carpio
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Jolina Magdangal
Maria Jolina Perez Magdangal-Escueta (; born November 6, 1978) is a Filipina singer, actress, television presenter, and entrepreneur. She is referred to in the Philippines as the Queen of Pinoy Popular Culture (or simply as Pop Icon) and is ...
as Merry
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Edu Manzano
Eduardo "Edu" Manzano (; born September 14, 1955) is a Filipino American, Filipino-American actor, fashion model, TV commercial model, comedian, politician, United States Air Force veteran and television game host. He was previously the host of ...
as Miguel Carpio
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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 Ophelia Carpio
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Anita Linda
Alice Bueñaflor Lake (November 23, 1924 – June 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Anita Linda, was a Filipino film actress. A romantic lead in her youth, she later gained critical acclaim for her portrayals in maternal or elderly r ...
as Lola Angeles
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Jaime Fabregas
Jaime Francisco García Fábregas (; born February 28, 1950) is a Filipino actor and musical scorer.
Early life
Jaime Francisco García Fábregas was born in Iriga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines to his parents Pedro Fábregas and Isabel Garc ...
as Baltazar Tiyo Balti
*
Anna Larrucea
Anna Rebecca Larrucea-Pangilinan (born October 7, 1984) is a former Filipino actress. Her father is of Basque origin and her mother is a Filipino.
Career
She was launched as part of '' Star Circle'' Batch 4 and became a mainstay in ABS-CBN TV s ...
as Sandy
Supporting cast
*Lara Fabregas as Binibining Kulimlim
*Ernie Zarate as the family doctor
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Giselle Toengi
Giselle Anne Töngi-Walters (born June 14, 1978) is a Swiss-Filipino actress, dancer, singer, host, VJ and model.
Early life and education
Töngi was born on June 14, 1978 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France to a Swiss father, Erich, and Filipina m ...
as Manolita Morato
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Ogie Diaz
Roger Diaz Pandaan (born January 2, 1970), known professionally as Ogie Diaz (), is a Filipino comedian, actor, entertainment reporter, and talent manager. He is popularly known as "''Pekto''", the name of his character in the long-running forme ...
as the talk-show host
*P.J. Oreta as the newscaster
*Junell Hernando as Jon-Jon
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Anthony Rosaldo
Anthony John Paul Duclayan Rosaldo (born February 1, 1994), is a Filipino singer, actor, host and model. He was the season 1 finalist of the singing competition ''The Clash'', winning 6th place. He is currently an artist under GMA Network, dubb ...
as young Dondi
*Isaiah Samuel as young Vincent
Production
The majority of the visual effects of the film were handled by
Roadrunner Network, Inc.
RoadRunner was a post-production firm based in Quezon City, Philippines. It is a division of Star Cinema. In addition to films, Roadrunner is also heavily engaged in the production of commercial advertisement for television, print and internet.
N ...
Soundtrack
Track listing
Adapted from the ''Puso Ng Pasko (Original Soundtrack)'' liner notes.
Personnel
Adapted from the ''Puso Ng Pasko (Original Soundtrack)'' liner notes.
* Arranger – Toto Gentica (tracks 1,2,4,6,9)
* Guitars – Lou Bonnevie (tracks 1,6,9)
* Guitars – Arnel Sevilla (track 7)
* Back-up Vocals – Dimitri Productions' Artists-In-Residence (track 1)
* Recording engineers – Arnel Candelario (track 2)
* Recording engineers – Whannie Dellosa & German Mendoza Jr. (tracks 3,5,7,8)
* Project Assistants from Dimitri Productions – Myla Clarion and Camilo Ocenada
* Recorded and Mastered at – Dimitri, Studios, 1998 (tracks 1,2,4,6,9)
* Recorded and Mastered at – Audio Post (tracks 3,5,7,8)
* Buddy Medina – executive producer
* Rene A. Salta – a&r supervision
References
External links
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Philippine comedy-drama films
Philippine Christmas films
Star Cinema films
Filipino-language films
1998 films
Films directed by Peque Gallaga
Films directed by Lore Reyes