ANAK trailer
Anak(The Child) is a critically acclaimed award-winning 2000 Filipino film
directed by Rory Quintos starring Vilma Santos and Claudine Barretto
with Baron Geisler. It was the Philippines' submission to the 73rd Academy Awards
for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film,
but was not accepted as a nominee.
CASTS PHOTOS:
VILMA SANTOS CLAUDINE BARRETTO
BARON GEISLER JODI STA MARIA
MOVIE PHOTOS:
Josie (Vilma Santos)works as a domestic helper in Hong Kong
who is forced to leave her family behind and let her husband do
her part as a mother to their three children.
Her employer doesn't allow her to take vacations and
locks her inside the house whenever the family leaves the house.
Thus,it was already late when she learned that her husband died.
When she returned to the Manila after ten years,
she was greeted with her children's resentment.
A rebel daughter in her eldest daughter Carla (Claudine Barretto),
Michael (Baron Geisler) is in deep trouble in school and the youngest,
Daday (Sheila Junsay) doesn't even have a single memory of her.
Carla openly challenges Josie's authority, starts dating boys she knows her mother
would not approve of, flaunts her burgeoning sexuality,
and begins using drugs.
JOSIE Is faced with a mother's agony of bringing back
the broken pieces of her shattered family
MAIN CASTS:
Vilma Santos- Josie
Claudine Barretto- Carla
Baron Geisler- Michael
Jodi Sta. Maria- Bernadette
Joel Torre- Rudy
Amy Austria- Lyn
Cherry Pie Picache- Mercy