''The Trial'' is a 2014 Philippine family-drama film directed by

Chito S. Roño Chito Sarmiento Roño (; born April 26, 1954), also known as Sixto Kayko and Chito S. Roño, is a Filipino writer, producer, and director. He is known for his expansive vision and special-effects-heavy films. He came to prominence in the Phil ...

and starring

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Gretchen Barretto Gretchen Castelo Barretto (; born March 6, 1970) is a Filipino actress, socialite, and philanthropist. She was launched in Regal Films' ''14 Going on Steady'' as a singer-actress, with the release of her debut single "Going Steady", which serve ...

Enrique Gil Enrique Mari Bacay Gil V (; born March 30, 1992) is a Filipino actor, dancer, and commercial model. Gil has appeared in various films and television shows such as ''Mula Sa Puso'', ''Budoy'', '' Princess and I'', '' Muling Buksan Ang Puso'' an ...

and

Jessy Mendiola Jessy Mendiola-Manzano (born Jessica Mendiola Tawile, ; December 3, 1992) is a Filipino actress. Early life Mendiola was born in Dubai, where her father used to work. She is the second of three siblings of a Filipino mother and a Lebanese f ...

. It was produced and released by

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 ...

for its 20th anniversary.

Premise

Ronald (

), a mentally challenged man, was put into trial after allegedly raping his teacher Bessy (

).Take One Presents: The Trial
Youtube. 2014-10-07 As Amanda (

), Julian (

), and Ronald try to mount a convincing defense, they discover soon that they're all connected in more ways than just the case.

Cast

as Ronald Jimenez Jr. *

as Amanda Bien *

as Julian Bien *

as Bessy Buenaventura *

as Martin Bien * Sylvia Sanchez as Sampi Jimenez * Vincent De Jesus as Ronald Jimenez Sr. *

Vivian Velez Vivian Velez (born 21 May 1960) is a Filipina actress who previously served as Director General of Film Academy of the Philippines. As one of the radio host of the 8TriMedia's weekly program called 'DOUBLE V'. She was known as the "Ms. Body Beauti ...

as Lallie Lapiral *

Benjamin Alves Benjamin Sapida (born March 31, 1987), whose previous screen name was Vince Saldaña and current screen name is Benjamin Alves, is a Filipino actor and model under the management of GMA Network. Biography Early life Alves was born Benjamin Quiam ...

as Paco Sequia *

Alonzo Muhlach Alonzo Andretti T. Muhlach (born February 19, 2010) is a Filipino child actor who is best known for his role as Prinsipe Vladimir in ''My Big Bossing'' segment: Prinsesa. In January 2017, he joined the first season of '' Your Face Sounds Fam ...

as Junjun * Isay Alvarez as Atty. Patricia Celis *

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 Dora *

Mon Confiado Ramon Veroy Confiado (born March 19, 1968), professionally known as Mon Confiado, is a Filipino character actor, theater actor and businessman who has appeared in both mainstream and independent films. He is the son of late veteran actor Án ...

as Borta * Nico Antonio as Paco's friend * Gee Canlas as Megan * Lui Manansala as Mrs. Deputado

References

External links

* 2014 films Philippine romantic drama films Philippine legal films Philippine crime thriller films Philippine thriller drama films 2010s Tagalog-language films Films about Filipino families Films about lawyers Philippine LGBT-related films Star Cinema films Films directed by Chito S. Roño Courtroom films 2010s English-language films {{Philippines-film-stub