Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina?
Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina? (Andrea, How Is It Like to Be a Mother?) is a 1990 Filipino film and an official entry to the 1990 Metro Manila Film Festival. It is a story of a woman activist (Aunor), who goes to the mountains to search for her husband who has been killed by the military. She leaves her baby with her best friend, an apolitical middle-class woman. When she comes back to claim her baby, now a grown-up boy, her fight for custody also becomes a search for truth and motherhood in an oppressive society which relentlessly destroys one's humanity. Written by Ricardo Lee and directed by Gil Portes.[1]
Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina? | |
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Official poster of Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina? for the 1990 Metro Manila Film Festival | |
Directed by | Gil M. Portes |
Produced by | Mely Nicandro |
Screenplay by | Ricardo Lee |
Story by | Gil M. Portes |
Starring | |
Music by | Mon Faustino |
Cinematography | Ely Cruz |
Edited by | Edgardo Vinarao |
Production company | MRN Films |
Release date | 25 December 1990 |
Running time | 155 minutes |
Country | Philippines |
Language | Filipino |
The film won for Aunor all the Best Actress Awards given by the five annual award-giving bodies in the Philippines that time. The film was also awarded Best Picture by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences, the Young Critics Circle, and the PMPC Star Awards for Movies.[2]
Synopsis
The film stars Nora Aunor as Andrea, a teacher who has chosen the difficult and perilous but crusading path of armed social rebel whose husband played by Juan Rodrigo is a comrade in the underground. When it is time for her to give birth, she seeks refuge in the house of her best friend, played by Gina Alajar, and her husband, played by Lloyd Samartino, who has absolutely no sympathy for the cause which his wife's friend is fighting for.
Childless, Lloyd and Gina get emotionally attached to the baby, especially after the mother temporarily leaves the infant to look into the circumstances of her guerilla husband's death in the hands of the military. Unfortunately, before she could return to her baby, Andrea is arrested and detained in a safehouse by military men who torture her mercilessly.
Having lost contact with the freedom-fighter and presuming her to have been killed, the surrogate parents have decided to keep the child as their own and bring him to the United States for seven years. When they return to the Philippines for a visit, Andrea confronts them and tries to claim her child back.[3]
Cast
- Nora Aunor as Andrea
- Gina Alajar as Joyce
- Llyod Samartino
- Dan Alvaro
- Perla Bautista
Awards
Year | Group | Category | Nominee | Result |
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1990 | Metro Manila Film Festival[4] | Best Picture | Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina? | Won |
Best Director | Gil Portes | Won | ||
Best Actress | Nora Aunor | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Gina Alajar | Won | ||
Best Editing | Boy Vinario | Won | ||
Best Story | Ricky Lee and Gil Portes | Won | ||
Best Screenplay | Ricky Lee and Gil Portes | Won | ||
Best Original Song | Mon Faustino | Won | ||
Best Music | Mon Faustino | Won | ||
Best Studio Sound Recording | Rolly Ruta | Won | ||
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards | Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina? | Won | ||
1991 | Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards | Best Picture | Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina? | Won |
Best Actress | Nora Aunor | Won | ||
Best Editing | Edgardo Vinarao | Won | ||
Best Screenplay | Ricky Lee | Won | ||
Best Story | Ricky Lee | Won | ||
Best Director | Gil Portes | Nominated | ||
Gawad Urian Awards (Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino) | Best Actress | Nora Aunor | Won | |
Best Picture | Edgardo Vinarao | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Gina Alajar | Nominated | ||
Best Music | Mon Faustino | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Ricky Lee | Nominated | ||
Film Academy of the Philippines (Luna Awards) | Best Actress | Nora Aunor | Won | |
Best Supporting Actress | Gina Alajar | Won | ||
Best Editing | Edgardo Vinarao | Won | ||
Best Screenplay | Ricky Lee | Won | ||
PMPC Star Awards for Movies (Philippine Movie Press Club) | Best Actress | Nora Aunor | Won | |
Movie of the Year | Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina? | Won | ||
Young Critics Circle | Best Performance by Male or Female, Adult or Child, Individual or Ensemble in Leading or Supporting Role | Nora Aunor | Won | |
Best Picture | Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina? | Won | ||
Best Screenplay | Ricky Lee | Won |
References
- "Nora Aunor Filmography". Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
- Nora Aunor biography Archived May 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- "Review of Butch Francisco". Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- "Metro Manila Film Festival: Awards for 1990". Internet Movie Database.