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89% Rotten Tomatoes Written by Ralston Jover Cinematography Odessey Flores Screenplay Ralston Jover Story by Ralston Jover | 7.2/10 IMDb 7.1/10 Letterboxd Produced by Robbie Tan Music director Jerrold Tarog | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Cherry Pie PicacheKier Segismundo Initial release 12 September 2007 (Philippines) Cast Similar Grandmother (2009 film), Service (film) , Kinatay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foster Child is a Filipino indie pregnancy drama film produced by Seiko Films, which stars Cherry Pie Picache as a temporary foster parent to an abandoned child. The film is directed by Brillante Mendoza.
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- Foster child full trailer
- Plot
- Cast
- 28th Durban International Film Festival
- 6th Gawad Tanglaw Awards
- 18th Annual Circle Citation YCC
- 5th ENPRESS Golden Screen Awards
- 10th Gawad Pasado Awards
- 31st Gawad Urian Awards
- 56th FAMAS Awards
- 2nd Gawad Genio Awards
- References
Foster Child is Brillante Mendoza's fourth feature film, following Manoro (2006). Mendoza is the fourth Filipino director whose work was screened in the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes film fest.
Foster child full trailer
Plot
Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are an urban poor family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption. The inevitable separation is heart-rending for the foster family.
Thelma's foster child John-John (Kier Segismundo) is to be turned over to his adoptive American parents. Every moment with the 3-year-old John-John becomes more precious as Thelma goes through the day fulfilling her motherly duties for the last time—bathing John-John, feeding him, and bringing him to school where the boy participates in a school presentation.
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