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Pasan Ko ang Daigdig (film)

Pasan Ko ang Daigdig () is a 1987 Philippine drama film directed by National Artist Lino Brocka. The screenplay written by Rene Villanueva and Orlando Nadres was based on the comics serial written by Pablo S. Gomez. It stars Sharon Cuneta, Loretta Marquez, and Tonton Gutierrez. It was the first time Brocka and Cuneta worked together on a movie.

Produced and distributed by Viva Films, the film was theatrically released on September 30, 1987. In 2007, it was remade into a television drama series of the same name by GMA Network as the fourth installment of Sine Novela and stars Yasmien Kurdi as Lupe and JC de Vera as Carding.

Plot

The film tells the story of Lupe (Sharon Cuneta), a young woman living in the slums of Smokey Mountain who wishes to climb out of poverty through her singing. She is also intent on helping her crippled mother.

Cast

  • Sharon Cuneta as Guadalupe "Lupe" Velez: a sampaguita seller who vows to escape from poverty
  • Loretta Marquez as Metring: Lupe's mother, who has a mobility impairment
  • Tonton Gutierrez as Ricardo "Carding" Hernandez: Lupe and Luming's neighbor who works as a waiter in the nightclub
  • Mark Gil as Greco
  • Rey Abellana as Tony Gomez: Carding's co-worker at the nightclub where he serves as a pianist and was instrumental in Lupe being discovered by many people in the industry
  • Mario Montenegro as Don Ignacio Aboitiz Jr.: A record company executive
  • Princess Punzalan as Luming: Lupe's friend who taught her to sing
  • Raoul Aragon as Kadyo: Lupe's abusive, unfaithful, and gambling-addicted uncle
  • Anita Linda as Momay
  • Deborah Sun as Bunny
  • Marilen Martinez as Ruffy: A nightclub singer and Lupe's rival

Production

According to lead star Sharon Cuneta in an interview on Jeepney TV's Showbiz Pa More (hosted by DJ Jhai Ho), the crew took two weeks to shoot the scenes at Smokey Mountain. The production designers and make-up artists with whom the lead actress usually collaborated were changed by the film's director, Lino Brocka. Brocka picked James Cooper as Sharon's make-up artist and hair designer.

Release

The film was released and distributed by Viva Films on September 30, 1987, in 47 theaters across the Metro Manila region and its neighboring provinces of Rizal and Bulacan.

Television broadcast

The film received a terrestrial television premiere on September 8, 1990, as a feature presentation for ABS-CBN's Saturday night block dedicated to movies from various film studios including Viva, Tagalog Movie Greats.

Reception

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