Release Date

03 Mar, 1999

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

It is the time of El Niño, a season ruled by superstition and fear. The rain is long in coming, the ground has cracked up dry. The ricestalks are thin and sickly. Villagers go hungry. And a boy dies from a snakebite. The adults splinter. Some pray. Others join a cult to appease earth spirits and wait for the ada, the ricefield spirit goddess of bountiful harvest who dances naked on moonlit nights and signals the need for a virgin’s sacrifice. There are fence sitters, equally pro-church and pro-cult. A landlord’s steward enforces his master’s usury on hapless farmers. A self-righteous priest says rain must first be deserved. Two young women fight for the right to do with their bodies as they please. A bastard boy and a blind girl come of age. Yesterday, they were children.

Original Title

Kahapon, May Dalawang Bata

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Actors

Ara Mina

Tonton Gutierrez

Pen Medina

Ray Ventura

Jennifer Sevilla

Eva Darren

Carlo Aquino

Patricia Ann Roque

Ronnie Lazaro

Crispin Pineda

Gigi Locsin

Zad Centina

Carol Buenaventura

Ricky Pascua

Manny Mendoza

Jaime Yaneza

Beto Passion

Romeo Fidelson Jr.

Manny Rodriguez

Crew

Carlos Siguion-Reyna

Bibeth Orteza

Adolfo Alix Jr.