Movie
Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan
1996 · 119 min
A breezy, boisterous crowd-pleaser that swings from slapstick bickering to romance to sudden monster mayhem without ever losing its cheerful momentum.
- Directed by
- Pablo Santiago
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Action
- Overview
- Jeepney driver, Nanding, gets into an accident with the rich and spoiled balikbayan Cathy, the sole heiress of the vast land on which his small community rests. But despite their differences, Nanding and Cathy become intimately attracted to one another. Seeing this as an obstacle to his ambition to claim Cathy's inheritance, Don Pacundo immediately orders for Cathy's abduction-hoping to force her to hand over her heritage.
- How it feels
- Light, whimsical, romantic and campy. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Love, class, greed, family
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Pablo Santiago
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Action
