FILM (Cinema) [Segunda Mano]

7/31/2019 FILM (Cinema) [Segunda Mano]

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The title of my Film:

The Classification of my Film:

As the film begins, we see Owen (Rico Blanco) and Mariella (Angelica Panganiban) are

fighting in a car by a lake. It appears that Owen has left his wife to be with Mariella, and is

angry that Mariella is not willing to make the same sacrifice. The fight turns violent, and

Owen has hit Mariella through the car window. Mariella tries to escape from the car, and

the scene cuts to flashback. We see Mariella telling her husband, Ivan (Dingdong Dantes),

that her best friend, Samantha needs company and she drives off into the night. Later that

evening, their daughter Angel (Sofia Villarama) comes to Ivan looking for her mother and

Ivan tells Angel that her mother has gone away. There is a car that passes by in the area

where a bloody Mariella is looking for help, in the middle of a rainstorm. The driver and his

passenger are singing Christmas carols in the car, Mariella knows she is dead. Mabel (Kris

Aquino) owns an antique store. She is the only child of her mother, Adela (Helen Gamboa).

It is revealed that Mabel’s only sibling, Marie, was lost in an accident when they were

children. Of late, Marie’s ghost haunts their home on the anniversary of her loss . Adela and

Mabel visit a fortune teller, Manang Letty, to try to communicate with Marie, but fail. One

rainy day, Ivan meets Mabel as he splashes her with water from his car, and he offers to

take her to her antique store. Over time, they begin to develop a relationship. One year

later, Ivan proposes, even though his annulment from Mariella is not yet over. Ivan takes

Mabel to his home where Angel greets her icily. The house helper cannot help but compare

Mabel and Mariella, and this makes Ivan angry. As Ivan apologizes in the car and proposes,

Angel interrupts as Mabel and Ivan kiss. It begins to rain, drenching Angel. Mabel takes a cab

home and passes through the lake where we last see Mariella. Mariella haunts the cab,

appearing inside the cab as well. While discussing their relationship in a restaurant;



Samantha spots Ivan, who notes that she has returned from New York. Samantha is dressed

up to the nines, and as she expresses her interest in Ivan, Mabel becomes insecure.

Meanwhile, Mabel’s attempts at winning Angel’s heart continue to be rebuffed. On some

poor, but well meaning advice from Mabel’s best friend, Anna (Bangs Garcia), Mabel buys

Mariella’s red bag at Anna’s store in a fit of retail therapy. Anna’s boyfriend, Dindo (Jhong

Hilario), a securit y guard at the mall of Anna’s store, offers to help Mabel but instead sees

an apparition of Mabel. Later that evening, Mariella makes her presence felt through her bag

at Ivan’s home. Angel wonders why Mabel has Mariella’s bag and demands an explanation.

M abel scans through Mariella’s pictures, noticing a black car that Ivan gave to Mariella as a

gift. Shortly after, she sees an apparition of Mariella through the window. At a loss at what

to do, Anna suggests more retail therapy. As Mabel tries on a dress, Mariella makes her

presence felt to Mabel inside the dressing room. Before Mabel could get out of her dress,

Dindo calls Anna and Mabel to review CCTV footage that shows Mariella passing through a

solid wooden door and following Mabel. Upon closer inspection, Mabel notices that the dress

she tried on earlier, which she is still wearing, is the same dress as that on Mariella in her

apparitions. Freaked out, the bag and the dress go into the trash bin at the mall entrance.

Samantha has been trying to seduce Ivan, after hinting at a one night stand on the date

Mariella disappeared, but Ivan refuses her advances. Samantha tells Ivan that she knows

about Mariella’s indiscretions with Owen, but that gets no response. Anna, who is now

taking Mabel home, freaks out when she sees Mariella, the bag, and her dress, suddenly

appear in the back seat of her car. She stops the car and leaves the items by the opposite

roadside. At the same time, Samantha “jumps” out her window after seeing Mariella in her

apartment. Ivan re fuses to believe Mariella is dead. They fight over Mariella’s death after

Mabel lets Ivan know that she has been seeing Mariella’s ghost. Mabel has brought a CD

containing the footage. Mabel confronts Ivan, who still insists Mariella abandoned him and

Angel. Mabel wonders why Ivan never bothered to look for Mariella in the United States

Sometime later, Angel and Mabel reconcile, after Mabel rushes to her side at hospital. While

this is happening, Marie haunts Adela. Mariella’s bag and dress appear at door j ust as Mabel

goes home. While tending to Angel later that evening, the maid lets slip that she knows

Mariella has died.It is revealed later that Ivan witnessed his father (Ian Veneracion) commit

suicide after seeing his lover (Erika Padilla) cheat on his father. It appears that Ivan is not

over this trauma. Mabel and Anna turn to Manang Letty for advice, the bags having



reappeared at their side. At a séance with Scooby-Doo like position switching. Mabel is told

Mariella’s soul has been released, from its tr ap, and only way to set her soul free is to leave

the bag in church. Mabel prays to God for assistance, leaves bag in church while with Ivan.

They are told that only people without a conscience cannot see spirits. An old lady who has

been sleeping inside the church sees the bag and gets it. As she walks out of the church, the

bag starts bleeding, and we see a hand grab the old lady by the neck.

Marie’s picture cracks as Mabel and Ivan reconcile at her home. Adela (Helen Gamboa)

realizes that Mabel has been left in the cold from her affections, and they reconcile. Anna

suggests Mabel bring Ivan to Manang Letty. In the meantime, police find Samantha’s body

just as Mabel and Anna drive by. Ivan is called by police as a person of interest. Dindo, who

just also happens to be taking his rounds on a bicycle nearby, threatens Ivan with harm if

Mariella were to visit her vengeance on Mabel. At the antique shop, Dindo tries to convince

Mabel to leave Ivan, saying he is there to protect Mabel from Mariella. As Dindo leaves,

Mabel notices that a dresser is vibrating. A large mirror on the dresser shatters after a

Mariella apparition, and Mabel is drenched. Dindo, who is now doing his rounds, sees an

apparition of Mariella going up the escalator, and is killed as he slides the wrong way down

the escalator. At the wake, the appearance of Dindo’s many children by another woman

turns Anna’s grief into anger, but has Mabel thinking Mariella is out to kill everyone who

helps her as well. Mabel confronts Ivan, who thinks Mabel is leaving him for Dindo. Ivan turns

violent, and Mabel ends the relationship. Mabel still worries about Angel, however. Trying to

shake off the past, Anna buys Mariella’s car. Mabel seizes the keys to drive the car to Ivan

and show him proof of her haunting, Mariella takes control of the car and the car disappears

from the mall parking lot. Mariella takes Mabel to the lake and reveals that it is Ivan who

assaulted her at the beginning of the film, not Owen, kills Mariella and has the car, with

Mariella run over the edge and into the bottom of the lake. As the apparition ends, Ivan

calls, and tells Mabel that Adela is with him. She drives over to Ivan’s home to save her

mother. In the meantime; it is revealed that Ivan killed Owen, Mariella, Dindo, and

Samanth a. Mariella’s apparition appeared to Dindo and Samantha just before Ivan was to kill

them. Ivan catches Mabel and Adela as they try to escape, and assaults Adela just as Mabel

escapes to a bathroom. Ivan is about to stab Adela as Mabel catches Ivan in time and they

fight. Ivan overpowers Mabel and he throws her limp body onto the pool. As Adela lies

gravely injured, Marie appears to Adela, and morphs into Mariella. On the home CCTV, Ivan



notices Mariella bringing Mabel to safety, and Mabel recovers just in time to knock Ivan into

the pool. In the pool, Mariella grabs Ivan, taking him to the pool drain to drown.

The epilogue shows the remains of the car are found by the river, and Adela expresses relief

at learning that Marie had led a good life until she met Ivan, and is comforted by knowing

that her soul is at peace. At dinner sometime later, Ivan’s ghost begins to haunt Mabel, and

the screen cuts to black.

The Period/Time my Film took place:

The Plot/Summary of my Film:

In the story, Ding Dong Dantes plays Ivan Galvez, a mentally disturbed lover turned killer after losing hiswife (Angelica Panganiban) over another man. He soon meets Mabel Domingo (Kris Aquino), an owner ofan antique shop, and soon starts a romantic affair. In one of their dates, a designer friend chances on Ivanover dinner leaving Mabel insecure. So she decides to reinvent herself and turns to her best friend playedby Bangs Garcia, owner of a second hand bag retailer. Unknowingly, she purchases a red bag which usedto belong to Ivan’s late wife. Add a little of mother-daughter drama scenes with Helen Gamboa which allrooted from the untimely demise of Mabel’s lost sister which turns out to be Mariela, Ivan's late wife. The

series of scenes then leads us into believing that Mariela was the one who haunts Kris and eventually killsother characters in the story. However, we then unravel in the near end that it was Ivan who does the killing and Mariela actually played as Kris’ advocate. We see again the role of religion as a last resort when being haunted. I realized that these kinds of scenes only happen in Filipino movies. Haven’t seen anything like it inJapanese or American horror films. The story itself had a good twist in the last twenty minutes. Althoughthe idea that Kris and Angelica as sisters was a giveaway, the motive of the ghost was quite unexpectedand wasn’t revealed in the near end. Finally, not another horror movie that was predictable from the verystart.

This movie tells us that not all ghosts are there to rip the flesh out of you or scare you at wits end. Thatsometimes they are the ones who even try to help or protect us. Congratulations to the writer, JoelMercado, for giving justice to the good spirits out there.



Overall, the movie has an unpredictable and fresh storyline, good acting, and satisfactory cinematography,screenplay, and special effects. However, I would really disagree with its classification as a horror movie.But yeah, it’s better than Dalaw in more ways than one.

The conflict of my Film:

A glamorous woman (Angelica Panganiban) abandons her husband (Dingdong

Dantes) and child for her lover (Rico Blanco), decides to go back for her child,

and is killed - by her lover presumably, as we do not see the actual perp. Her

ghost then haunts the street where she died.

The Ending:Trying to shake off the past, Anna buys Mariella’s car. Mabel seizes the keys to drive the car to Ivan and

show him proof of her haunting, Mariella takes control of the car and the car disappears from the mallparking lot. Mariella takes Mabel to the lake and reveals that it is Ivan who assaulted her at the beginning ofthe film, not Owen, kills Mariella and has the car, with Mariella run over the edge and into the bottom of thelake. As the apparition ends, Ivan calls, and tells Mabel that Adela is with him. She drives over to Ivan’shome to save her mother. In the meantime; it is revealed that Ivan killed Owen, Mariella, Dindo, andSamantha. Mariella’s apparition appeared to Dindo and Samantha just before Ivan was to kill them. Ivancatches Mabel and Adela as they try to escape, and assaults Adela just as Mabel escapes to a bathroom.Ivan is about to stab Adela as Mabel catches Ivan in time and they fight. Ivan overpowers Mabel and he

throws her limp body onto the pool. As Adela lies gravely injured, Marie appears to Adela, and morphsinto Mariella. On the home CCTV, Ivan notices Mariella bringing Mabel to safety, and Mabel recovers

just in time to knock Ivan into the pool. In the pool, Mariella grabs Ivan, taking him to the pool drain to drown

The epilogue shows the remains of the car are found by the river, and Adela expresses relief at learning that Marie had led a good life until she met Ivan, and is comforted by knowing that her soul is at peace.

At dinner sometime later, Ivan’s ghost begins to haunt Mabel, and the screen cuts to black.



About the Characters of the Film

The Character of the Hero:

KRIS AQUINO as

MABEL DOMINGO Mabel has always blamed herself for the death of her younger sister, Marie. She fears that

her mother, Adela, will never get over the loss of her younger daughter. Her life seems toturn for the better when she meets the handsome and successful architect, Ivan Galvez.However, as soon as he proposes to her, strange things start to happen. Just when Mabel

finally has a chance at happiness, a dark secret will test her love for Ivan.

The Character of the Villain’s:

DINGDONG DANTES as

IVAN GALVEZ

A product of a broken family, Ivan wants to make sure that his own family iscomplete and happy. When his wife leaves him for another man, he isdevastated...Until he meets Mabel, who seems to be the perfect woman to be hiswife and to be a mother to his daughter, Angel. Just like Mabel, however, he is

being haunted by a ghost from the past, which threaten the lives of the peoplearound him.

The Supporting Character:

Jhong Hilario & Bangs Garcia



My choice of Star for the film:

stars as a compulsive shopper who stumbles upon the handbag of her dreams! Everything is peachy keen until she discovers the bag is cursed and its previous

owner haunts it. It's a paranormal snafu. and

also star.

My Director:

My Cinematographer:

There’s good cinematography throughout the whole film, visually the images are

crisp and lighting is commendable. There’s also a fresh and techie (say choppy)

way of representing a dreadful apparition. But one thing that surprised me is

that the characters were all well portrayed. From Dingdong, to Angelica, to Ms.

Helen Gamboa and surprisingly with Kris Aquino; they all did great acting jobs

here. But if there’s any character in the movie that well deserves a mention

it’s none other than that funny overacting Bangs Garcia who’s got a realistic

approach of getting scared. She is definitely one damn scene stealer!

My Script Writer:

My Producer:

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