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Home Alone da Riber

2002 · 105 min

A gentle, bittersweet family dramedy that balances warmth and sadness as a father tries to reconnect from the edges of his children's lives.

Directed by
Eric Quizon
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Music
Starring
Dolphy, Jolina Magdangal, Zsa Zsa Padilla
Overview
Rudolf is imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. He attempted to escape many times but was unsuccessfull, he realizes that he is in for the long haul and decides that his wife Sandra should remarry for the sake of their children Melody and Mark who have been made to believe anyway that he is already dead. Many years has been passed he was informed that the real culprit has been caught and he is being released. However, instead of being happy, he is saddened by the fact that he cannot go back to his family anymore. Nevertheless he pretends to be a piano tuner so that he can visit his children.

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Directed by
Eric Quizon
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Music
Starring
Dolphy, Jolina Magdangal, Zsa Zsa Padilla
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • grief
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy, music
Directed by
Eric Quizon
Written by
Calixto Cataquiz, Cirio H. Santiago, Ben Feleo
Starring
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Runtime
105 min
Country
Philippines
Languages
Tagalog

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