Bakit May Kahapon Pa?

Bakit may Kahapon Pa? (Why Is There a Yesterday?) is a 1996 Filipino drama film directed by Joel Lamangan. It is about a village girl who is mysteriously spared when a platoon of soldiers led by Colonel Valderamma (Garcia) massacres her family along with peasants accused of sympathizing with the communists. When the girl has grown up, her body has healed but her mind is yet to recover from the horrible experience. She continues to thirst for revenge and crafts a scheme to exact retribution. She eyes the head of the military mission who instigated the carnage that she survived. He is now a well-admired retiring general who is about to cap his career with the service's highest honors.[1][2]

Bakit May Kahapon Pa?
Home Video Cover of Bakit May Kahapon Pa?
Directed byJoel Lamangan
Produced by
  • Vic del Rosario Jr.
  • Regina Dee
Screenplay by
Story byRoy Iglesias
Starring
Music byJessie Lasaten
CinematographyRomeo Vitug
Edited byJess Navarro
Production
company
Distributed byViva Films
Release date
  • 18 September 1996 (1996-09-18) (Philippines)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

Bakit May Kahapon Pa? is an award winning movie that gave its lead star, Nora Aunor her second international acting award from 1st East Asia Film and Television Award (Malaysia).[3]

Cast

Reviews

  • "Bakit May Kahapon Pa? is heavy in flashback, it is almost where the entire film hangs its dramatic tension, but once you see Ate Guy with a gun, running with the loose screws of her head like a loony action star, isn’t that already enough fun for a two-hour film?"[4] - Richard Bolisay, film blogger
  • "The filmmakers are able to use and integrate creatively the various elements of the cinema - screenplay, production design, direction, acting, cinematography, editing, music, and sound. It reflects the creative integration of the various elements of cinema to an eminent degree. Its screenplay is effective; it explores significant subject matter of experience and conceives this with originality according to the particular demands of the film medium. The Cinematography is considered effective too; it successfully visualizes content through lighting, composition, movement, and related camera techniques, can't you see that "Bakit May Kahapon Pa?" is just a perfect movie?"[5]

Awards and recognition

Year Group Category Nominee Result
1996 1st East Asia Film and Television Award (Malaysia)[6] Best Actress Nora Aunor Won
1997 Cairo International Film Festival Golden Pyramid Nominated
Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards (FAMAS) Best Actor Eddie Garcia Won
Best Supporting Actress Dawn Zulueta Won
Best Story Roy C. Iglesias Won
Best Screenplay Roy C. Iglesias
Julius Alfonso
Won
Gawad Urian Awards (Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino) Best Actress Nora Aunor Won
Best Cinematography Romeo Vitug Won
Best Picture Nominated
Best Director Joel Lamangan Nominated
Best Actor Eddie Garcia Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Dawn Zulueta Nominated
Best Screenplay Roy C. Iglesias
Julius Alfonso
Nominated
Best Sound Ramon Reyes Nominated
Best Editing Jess Navarro Nominated
Luna Awards (Film Academy of the Philippines) Best Picture Nominated
Star Awards for Movies (Philippine Movie Press Club) Best Picture Nominated
Best Actress Nora Aunor Nominated
Best Actor Eddie Garcia Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Melisse Santiago Nominated
Best Director Joel Lamangan Nominated
Best Screenplay Roy C. Iglesias
Julius Alfonso
Nominated
Best in Sound Ramon Reyes Nominated
Best in Editing Jess Navarro Nominated
Young Critics Circle Best Performance by Male or Female, Adult or Child, Individual or Ensemble in Leading or Supporting Role Nora Aunor Nominated

List of Film Festivals competed or Exhibited

  • 1997 Bakit May - 1st East Asian Film and TV Festival Penang, Malaysia, Aug. 28-Sept. 3. (Competition Film)
    • Winner, Golden Pearl Award for Best Actress (Nora Aunor)*
  • 1997 - Fukuoka International Film Festival, Feature Film: Excellent Films of Asia, September 12–21
  • 1997 - Cairo International Film Festival Cairo, Egypt, Competition Film, December 1–15
  • 1995 - 2nd Asian Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan,
  • 1998 - International Film Festival of India New Delhi, India, Competition Film, January 10–20
  • 1998 - Brussels International Independent Film Festival, Competition Film

References

  1. "Nora Aunor Filmography". Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  2. "Bakit May Kahapon Pa". Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  3. "PENANG'S 1st EAST ASIA FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL". Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  4. "Hands Clean in Joel Lamangan's Bakit May Kahapon Pa? (1996)". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  5. "Bakit may kapahon pa? reviews". Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  6. "B R Chopra bags Pearl Legend award". Archived from the original on 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
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