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Director
  
Joel Lamangan

Music director
  
Nonong Buencamino

Story by
  
Rolando Tinio

Language
  
Filipino

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Romance

Screenplay
  
Ricky Lee

Country
  
Philippines

Sidhi (film) movie poster

Release date
  
24 February 1999 (1999-02-24)

Writer
  
Rolando Tinio (story), Ricardo Lee (screenplay)

Initial release
  
February 24, 1999 (Philippines)

Cast
  
Nora Aunor
,
Albert Martinez
,
Glydel Mercado
,
Samantha Lopez

Similar movies
  
Related Joel Lamangan movies

Sidhi is a 1999 Filipino film based on Rolando Tinio's Palanca-winning teleplay (Ang Kwento ni Ah) expanded into a movie script by Ricky Lee, Sidhi is the story of Ah (Aunor), so called because she's mute and can only utter the first syllable of her name Anna.

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The film won for Mercado all the Best Supporting Actress Awards given by the four annual award-giving bodies in the Philippines that time. The film also gave a posthumous award to Rolando Tinio for Best story at the FAMAS Awards.

Synopsis

Ana (Nora Aunor), is a mute woman living in a remote mountain area with father, Badong (Ray Ventura). Badong is sick and is searching for a man that will marry his daughter. He finds Michael (Albert Martinez), a man who expresses interest to wed Anna, because of the land he could inherit from her father. In the absence of her traveling husband, Ah meets Mayang (Glydel Mercado), with whom she forms a great friendship. Soon, Ana discovers that Mayang is also married to Michael. Angered at first, Ah cozies up to the scandalous cohabitation, even setting up three scarecrows in the field to represent her ideal household. She even has herself crucified on Good Friday to atone for her sin of accommodation.

The three decide to live under one roof. Michael as the king of the house, and Ana and Mayang as wives and slaves. Gradually the two women would find out Michael's debaucheries. When Michael tries to play a dirty trick on her for money, Ah fights back. Eventually, Ana kills Michael and takes care of the Mayang's son.

Cast

  • Nora Aunor ... Ah/Anna
  • Albert Martinez ... Michael
  • Glydel Mercado ... Mayang
  • Caridad Sanchez ... Tia Manuella
  • Samantha Lopez ... Dolores
  • Ray Ventura ... Badong
  • Angie Ferro ... Ina
  • Tony Masbesa ... Fr. Morales

    • Review

  • The real strength of the film is the actors, despite their sometimes incredible roles. ~ Constantino C.Tejero, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1999
  • Without a line of dialogue, Aunor uses her face to delineate character and draw pathos. This is a face that's not stranger to emotions, greatly devastated by time and human cruelty. Watch particularly how she builds up those emotions to that final cry. That is her moment in this film, comparable to all the highlights of her acting career—her weeping at the funeral procession in Himala, her delivery of “Ang kapatid ko ay hindi baboy-ramo,” in Minsa’y Isang Gamugamo… - Constantino C. Tejero, "A Strange Film Full of Strangers", Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 9, 1999
  • Nora Aunor is undoubtedly the greatest living female actor in Philippine cinema. As the speech-impaired Ana, her performance is mesmerizing, possibly her best, even topping her performance in the critically acclaimed films Himala, Bona, and The Flor Contemplacion Story. With almost no spoken dialog (except in a couple of scenes with her dead mother played by Angie Ferro), Aunor is able to convey a variety of emotions through her eyes, facial muscles, her body language, and the guttural sound emanating from her voice box… - S.R.O (Short Review Only), Manila Standard, January 25, 1999

    • List of film festivals competed or exhibited

  • 1999 - Chicago International Film Festival, Feature Film,
  • 1999 - Cinemanila International Film Festival
  • 2000 - 2nd New York Filipino Film Festival Lincoln

    • References

    Sidhi (film) Wikipedia
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    Sidhi (film) IMDb Sidhi (film) themoviedb.org