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Mano Po 2: My Home (Chinese: 我的家; pinyin: Wǒ de jiā; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Góa ê ka) is a 2003 Filipino drama film directed by Erik Matti. It is the second installment of the Mano Po film series, followed by Mano Po (2002). It stars Susan Roces in the leading role. It was also the first Mano Po film that was not directed by Joel Lamangan. It was one of the official entries to the 2003 Metro Manila Film Festival and garnered five awards.




Plot


Antonio Chan, a businessman, sires children with three different women: Sol, a native Filipina who begets Janet, Grace and Lean; LuShui, a Chinese woman who was betrothed to Antonio during a visit to China in the 1980s and the mother of Rose; and Belinda, a Filipino-Chinese woman who is the mother of Ingrid and Erickson. Sol reluctantly allows the two women to live in their household, but her relationship with Antonio deteriorates. After Sol gives birth to Lean, Antonio accuses her of being impregnated by someone else while he was in China, which prompts her to move out. As her daughters follow, Janet is run over. Sol tries to help, but Antonio banishes her from the household and takes custody of their daughters, who are subsequently raised by Belinda. Sol raises Lean alone in the province as Antonio cuts off contact with them and refuses to recognize Lean as his son. LuShui also drifts away from Antonio, leaving Belinda as Antonio's only companion over the years.
In the present, Antonio is killed during a robbery. His ensuing wake and funeral leads to the gathering of his wives and children. Belinda, as Antonio's last partner, tries to dominate the funeral proceedings, stirring resistance from both LiShui and Sol, who have become friends. She also tries her best to monopolize Antonio's inheritance, going as far as to evict LuShui from her residence and bar Lean from attending the funeral. The growing family tensions force Belinda's secretly pregnant daughter Ingrid to move out, leaving behind his brother Erickson, an anxious young man dominated by her mother, who disapproves of his relationship with her Filipino girlfriend Yna.
After Erickson allows Lean, as Antonio's first-born son, to lead the funeral honors, Belinda resolves to prevent Antonio's other children from receiving their inheritance. Her insinuations lead to his brother, Johnson, who is married to a now-paralyzed Janet, to frame Sol for Antonio's murder, leading to her arrest by corrupt policemen. A suspicious Grace, who is sympathetic to Sol and LuShui, investigates and discovers the truth, leading to Johnson and his accomplices' arrest and Sol's release. Janet, who grew up hating Sol, leaves Johnson and reconciles with her mother, while Belinda denies involvement and narrowly avoids criminal charges.
Grace tells Lean and Sol that while investigating, she learned from a friend of Antonio's that he had finally acknowledged Lean as his son after running a DNA test on him, and had revised his will to give part of his estate to Lean to atone for his absence. Lean forgives Antonio after reading an emotional letter addressed to him by his father shortly before his death. As Sol and LuShui's families celebrate New Year's Eve together, Erickson, stressed out by the family conflict and by Belinda warning off Yna, fatally shoots himself in front of his mother, plunging Belinda into depression. She is later comforted by Sol and LuShui.
A year later, Ingrid returns with Antonio's grandchild as Sol, LuShui and a contrite Belinda celebrate the New Year together with their now-reconciled families.




Cast


Susan Roces as Sol Parco-Chan
Kris Aquino as young Sol Parco-Chan
Christopher de Leon as Antonio Chan
Lorna Tolentino as Belinda Keh
Zsa Zsa Padilla as LuShui Chou
Judy Ann Santos as Grace Parco Chan
Carmina Villaroel as Janet Chan-Cua
Jay Manalo as Johnson Keh-Cua
Cogie Domingo as Lean Parco Chan
Richard Gutierrez as Erickson Keh-Chan
Alessandra De Rossi as Ingrid Keh-Chan
Karylle as Rose Chou Chan
Chynna Ortaleza as Yna
Angel Locsin as Melissa Ching
Zoren Legaspi as Rodrigo
Efren Reyes Jr. as Madiang
Crispin Pineda as Fidel
Raquel Villavicencio as Atty. Chiongbian
Orestes Ojeda as Pio Andres
Val Victa as Atty. Lester Que




Production


While Susan Roces was the original choice to play the first wife, the Filipina Sol, the role of the third wife was mired in controversy. The contested role, the Chinese mestiza Belinda, was originally offered to Dina Bonnevie. However, Lolit Solis, manager to both Christopher de Leon and Lorna Tolentino, threatened to pull out her talents if the role was not given to Tolentino. The role was ultimately given to Tolentino; Bonnevie, who would have played the role of the second wife, the Chinese immigrant LuShui, bowed out of the production citing that she would not fit the role of a pure Chinese character. Zsa Zsa Padilla replaced Bonnevie in the film.




Awards






See also


Mano Po (Filipino film series)
Mano Po
Mano Po III: My Love
Ako Legal Wife
Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di
Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po!
Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love
Mano Po 7: Tsinoy




References






External links


Mano Po 2: My Home at IMDb

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