Harvest Home (Filipino: Inagaw Mo Ang Lahat Sa Akin / transl. You Stole Everything from Me) is a 1995 Philippine melodrama film directed by Carlos Siguion-Reyna and produced by Armida Siguion-Reyna. The film stars Maricel Soriano and Snooky Serna as sisters reunited after the death of their father. Based on a story by Oscar Miranda, Bibeth Orteza, and Carlos Siguion-Reyna, it was written for the screen by Orteza.
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| Directed by | Carlos Siguion-Reyna |
| Screenplay by | Bibeth Orteza |
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| Produced by | Armida Siguion-Reyna |
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| Edited by | Jesus Navarro |
| Music by | Ryan Cayabyab |
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| Distributed by | Regal Home Video |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino |
A sixth film produced by Reyna Films, the film was first released on September 11, 1995, as one of the competing entries at the 20th Toronto International Film Festival. It is also one of the entries selected as the Philippines' entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards but was not accepted as a nominee.[1]
Plot
editIn a quiet, rural village, Jacinta (Maricel Soriano) patiently tends to her mother Almeda (Armida Siguion-Reyna), a religious and pious woman who has slowly been losing her sanity since the death of her husband Arcadio (Robert Arevalo) several years prior. Jacinta is shown to be hard-working in the field and is admired by the women of the village as a dutiful daughter and wife, all in spite of the cold treatment shown by her husband Peping (Tirso Cruz III).
Meanwhile, her younger sister Clarita (Snooky Serna) has not returned home in ten years since leaving to study in Manila. She has since married a lawyer from the city, Joey (Eric Quizon).
Clarita travels with her husband to her hometown in order to sort out the land titles of Arcadio. The sisters are reunited but Clarita is uneasy being back home. Meanwhile, Peping shows animosity towards Clarita and Joey in part due to his previous relationship with Clarita before she left for Manila.
During a conversation between Joey and Almeda, Almeda discovers Peping's love letters to Clarita that were buried, causing Almeda to become hysterical. Jacinta would eventually become furious at Joey because of what happened. Peping also told Clarita that he would send letters to her, and Clarita would also do the same thing. However, she would give those letters to Jacinta, but Jacinta would hide the letters from both of them. While being cleaned up by Jacinta, Almeda told her that an empathetic Joey is about to give the letters to Peping, causing Jacinta to try to attack Joey for attempting to reveal the truth.
When the family reached the cemetery where Arcadio is buried, Jacinta recalled when her father discovered about the letters. She reveals that Clarita had been suffering from sexual abuse from Arcadio. Clarita had already run away from home, and in an intense confrontation between Jacinta and Arcadio, Jacinta pushed her father, causing his head to hit a sharp object which kills him. Jacinta told her mother about Clarita's sexual abuse under Arcadio, demanding Almeda that no one should know about the truth behind Arcadio's death, or else she would slander Clarita as her father's mistress. Her sanity unraveling, Jacinta expresses her jealousy over their father's favor of Clarita and they have an intense brawl at the cemetery before Peping breaks it up.
Their issues resolved, Clarita tells Peping to take care of her sister before she and Joey return to Manila and bring Almeda so she could seek treatment. Still mentally ill, Jacinta recalls her father raping Clarita who managed to escape. She would then attempt to seduce Arcadio and tell her father to love her instead, but he would rebuff her with laughter. Peping saw Jacinta crying about the incident and promised to take care of her.
After harvesting rice, Peping watches Jacinta dancing on the fields.
Cast
edit- Maricel Soriano as Jacinta
- Snooky Serna as Clarita
- Eric Quizon as Joey
- Tirso Cruz III as Peping
- Armida Siguion-Reyna as Almeda
- Robert Arevalo as Arcadio
- Jess Evardone as Padre
- Marilyn Mortiz as Tatlong Babae
- Merle Suba as Tatlong Babe
- Yolanda Unabia as Tatlong Babae
Digital restoration
editThe film was digitally restored and remastered by the ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project (Sagip Pelikula) and Central Digital Lab. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was premiered instead in digital platforms on December 17, 2020, through ABS-CBN's exclusive digital events service, KTX.ph and December 19, 2020, on digital streaming platforms iWantTFC and TFC IPTV.[2][3]
After the pandemic restrictions were eased, the film's restored version finally received a theatrical release on March 19, 2023 at the Manila Metropolitan Theater, as part of the "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng Filipino" exhibition.[4] The screening includes a talkback session with the attendance of the film's director Carlos Siguion-Reyna, screenwriter Bibeth Orteza, lead actresses Maricel Soriano and Snooky Serna, co-stars Tirso Cruz III (who was the chairperson of FDCP at the time) and Jess Evardone, and Manet Dayrit, CEO of Central Digital Lab.[4][5]
Reception
editCritical reception
editEmanuel Levy of Variety wrote that the film was "elegantly and smoothly executed," while praising the "strong performances" of actresses Maricel Soriano and Snooky Serna who "make their roles seem more compassionate and appealing than they actually are."[6]
Accolades
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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| 1996 | FAMAS Awards | Best Picture | Inagaw mo ang Lahat sa Akin | Won |
| Best Director | Carlos Siguion-Reyna | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Armida Siguion-Reyna | Won | ||
| Best Story | Oscar Miranda, Bibeth Orteza | Won | ||
| Gawad Urian Awards | Best Supporting Actor (Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktor) | Tirso Cruz III | Nominated | |
| Best Editing (Pinakamahusay na Editing) | Jess Navarro | Nominated | ||
| Best Production Design (Pinakamahusay na Disenyong Pamproduksiyon) | Joey Luna | Nominated | ||
| Best Sound (Pinakamahusay na Tunog) | Ramon Reyes | Nominated | ||
| FAP Awards | Best Actress | Snooky Serna | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tirso Cruz III | Nominated | ||
| PMPC Star Awards for Movies | Movie of the Year | Inagaw mo ang Lahat sa Akin | Nominated | |
| Director of the Year | Carlos Siguion-Reyna | Nominated | ||
| Screenplay of the Year | Bibeth Orteza | Nominated | ||
| Cinematographer of the Year | Romy Vitug | Won | ||
| Young Critics Circle | Best Achievement in Cinematography and Visual Design | Nap Jamir, Romy Vitug, Joey Luna | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ "41 to Compete for Foreign Language Oscar Nominations". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
- ^ ABS-CBN Corporation Communications (December 16, 2020). "Digitally-restored 'Inagaw Mo ang Lahat sa Akin' premieres on KTX.ph". ABS-CBN Newsroom (Press release). Quezon City, Metro Manila. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ "Digitally-restored 'Inagaw Mo ang Lahat sa Akin' premieres on KTX.ph". Manila Bulletin. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ a b Asis, Salve (March 21, 2023). "Inagaw... nina Maricel at Snooky, binuhay ng sagip". Pilipino Star Ngayon. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ ABS-CBN Corporation Communications (March 20, 2023). "Sagip Pelikula brings the restored version of "Inagaw Mo ang Lahat sa Akin" at the Metropolitan Theater" (Press release). Quezon City, Metro Manila: ABS-CBN Entertainment. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ Levy, Emanuel (October 9, 1995). "Harvest Home". Variety.
External links
edit- Harvest Home at IMDb