Mano Po

Mano Po (Chinese: 吻手; pinyin: Wěn shǒu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bún siú; lit. 'Hand Please') is Regal Entertainment's entry for the 2002 Metro Manila Film Festival. The film focuses on the lives of the Chinese Filipino community. Mano Po stars an all-star cast headed by Maricel Soriano, Richard Gomez, Kris Aquino and Ara Mina. Eddie Garcia and Boots Anson-Roa play the patriarch and matriarch of the Go clan respectively.

This article is about the film. For the gesture, see Mano (gesture). For the film series, see Mano Po (Filipino film series).
Mano Po
Directed byJoel C. Lamangan
Screenplay byRoy C. Iglesias
Story by
Produced by
  • Lily Y. Monteverde
  • Roselle Monteverde-Teo
Starring
CinematographyLeslie Garchitorena
Edited byTara Illenberger
Music byVon de Guzman
Distributed byRegal Entertainment
Release date
  • 25 December 2002 (2002-12-25)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

The film won the most major awards in the film-awarding bodies, including 12 awards in the 28th Manila Film Festival in 2002. It was named Best Picture, Best Actor (for Eddie Garcia), Best Actress (for Ara Mina), Best Supporting Actress (for Kris Aquino) and Best Director (for Joel Lamangan). Mano Po was among the top-grossing films in time for the Metro Manila Filmfest.

The film's success was followed by another episode, Mano Po 2: My Home and a spin-off, Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po! that was released in 2007. The film was the first entry into what would become a franchise.

Synopsis

Don Luis Go (Eddie Garcia) is a Chinese immigrant who married a Filipino wife, Elisa (Boots Anson-Roa). In 1949, the young Luis (Cogie Domingo) brought Elisa (Maxene Magalona) to China. There Elisa suffered discrimination from Luis' parents. When she decided to go back to the Philippines, Luis joined her. Luis became cook and Elisa a laundrywoman. Their hardwork paid off and they became one of the most prominent Chinese businessmen.

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

Minor cast
  • Allan Paule as Antonio "Tonyo" De la Madrid
  • Jim Pebanco as Mike De la Madrid
  • Richard Quan as Joey Yang
  • Carlo Maceda as Jimmy Go
  • Nanding Josef as Gen. Dioscoro Blanco

Awards
Year Award-Giving Body Category Recipient Result
2002 Metro Manila Film Festival[1] Best Picture Mano Po Won
Best Director Joel Lamangan Won
Best Actor Eddie Garcia Won
Best Actress Ara Mina Won
Best Supporting Actress Kris Aquino Won
Best Cinematography Leslie Garchitorena Won
Best Production Design Tatus Aldana Won
Best Editing Tara Illenberger Won
Best Original Story Roy Iglesias and Lily Monteverde Won
Best Screenplay Roy Iglesias Won
Best Musical Score Von de Guzman Won
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards Mano Po Won

See also

References
  1. "Metro Manila Film Festival:2002". IMDB. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
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