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'''''Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan''''' is a 1995 [[Philippine film|Philippine]] [[romantic action|romantic action comedy]] film directed by Pablo Santiago. It stars [[Fernando Poe Jr.]] (who produced the film) and [[Anjanette Abayari]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V6saAQAAIAAJ|last=Yeatter|first=Bryan|title=Cinema of the Philippines: 1897-2005|date=2007|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=9780786430475|access-date=October 16, 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NapZAAAAMAAJ|last=Lo|first=Ricky|title=Conversations with Ricky Lo|date=2001|publisher=Anvil Publishing|isbn=9789712710629 |accessdate=October 16, 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="plot">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FJMVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5037%2C2299960|title=AJ Meets FPJ in "Balikbayan"|pages=34|date=November 15, 1996|newspaper=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Philippine Manila Standard Publishing|accessdate=October 16, 2022|via=Google News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HJMVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5947%2C4569481|last=Japitana|first=Norma|title=Lucky Break for AJ|pages=35|date=November 29, 1996|newspaper=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Philippine Manila Standard Publishing|accessdate=October 16, 2022|via=Google News}}</ref> |
'''''Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan''''' is a 1995 [[Philippine film|Philippine]] [[romantic action|romantic action comedy]] film directed by Pablo Santiago. It stars [[Fernando Poe Jr.]] (who produced the film) and [[Anjanette Abayari]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V6saAQAAIAAJ|last=Yeatter|first=Bryan|title=Cinema of the Philippines: 1897-2005|date=2007|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=9780786430475|access-date=October 16, 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NapZAAAAMAAJ|last=Lo|first=Ricky|title=Conversations with Ricky Lo|date=2001|publisher=Anvil Publishing|isbn=9789712710629 |accessdate=October 16, 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="plot">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FJMVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5037%2C2299960|title=AJ Meets FPJ in "Balikbayan"|pages=34|date=November 15, 1996|newspaper=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Philippine Manila Standard Publishing|accessdate=October 16, 2022|via=Google News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HJMVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5947%2C4569481|last=Japitana|first=Norma|title=Lucky Break for AJ|pages=35|date=November 29, 1996|newspaper=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Philippine Manila Standard Publishing|accessdate=October 16, 2022|via=Google News}}</ref> |
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Cathy returns from the US to apply for a modeling agency and to donate her inherited property to her tenants in accordance with her grandmother's wishes. She meets with his uncle Facundo, who tells her that he intends to sell off the property, to which he has a share, and asks for her permission, to which she says she is too busy to attend to. Her uncle offers to host her in his house in an affluent neighborhood but she insists on staying with her aunt Agnes and gay cousin Tino/Tina, who live in a working-class neighborhood that has sprung up in the property. On her way to her aunt, she rear-ends a jeepney driven by Nanding, leading to an argument with her, which is complicated by Nanding not being able to comprehend Cathy's English. Cathy charms the police into having Nanding jailed before arriving at Agnes' place. Nanding is later bailed out by his friends. While resting at their garage, Nanding sees Cathy jogging, and is told by his friends that she is living in the same neighborhood as him. Cathy encounters Nanding and is shocked that he has been released. She gets into another argument with him but goes off after they fail to understand each other again due to the language barrier. While driving, Nanding runs into Cathy, who figures in a road accident. Seeing her being bullied by the occupants of the car she crashed with, he fights them off. Cathy's attitudes change and after Tino tells her that Nanding is actually a good-hearted person, she resolves to make amends. |
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Cathy returns from the US and discovers her uncle's plan to run off with all her wealth. Intending to stay with one of her relatives, she crosses paths with Nanding, a [[jeepney]] driver who happens to be her relative's neighbor.<ref name="plot"/> |
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Tino arranges for the two to meet, with Cathy apologizing to Nanding in Tagalog. Over dinner, Nanding and Cathy bond and reach an understanding over what initially happened, along with Tino and Nanding's friend Steve. As they leave to fetch a group of club workers led by Digna, they inadvertently leave with diamonds stolen by professional criminals Frankie and Maxie, who had hidden their loot inside Nanding's jeepney. At the club, Digna flirts with Facundo, who falls for her charms. Arriving at the club, Cathy arouses Digna's jealousy, leading the latter to kiss Nanding in front of Cathy. After learning that Nanding has no feelings for Digna, Cathy accompanies Nanding in fetching Digna at the club and kisses him in front of her before walking off, arousing Digna's ire again. |
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While jogging in the neighborhood, Cathy gets into a brawl with a jealous Digna, which is stopped by Nanding. A furious Digna ends her group's contract with Nanding and gets into contact with Facundo, who then conspire to force Cathy to sign off the papers to the property and get rid of her. Nanding, seeking to cool off tensions from the brawl, serenades Cathy with the help of [[Janno Gibbs]] and [[Randy Santiago]]. Cathy falls in love with Nanding and tells him of her intent to grant the property to their community. Digna, pretending to make amends with Cathy, lures her to her house, where Digna hires a goon to rape her. However, Cathy finds Digna spiking her drink and confronts her before escaping the house and the goon. On the run, she finds Nanding and embraces him before sharing a kiss. |
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Facundo and Digna arrange for Cathy to be abducted by goons led by Frankie and Maxie and held until she signs away the papers to the property, after which she is to be killed. However, her abductors take her to an abandoned mansion that turns out to be haunted. At midnight, ghosts, monsters and vampires kill off and scare her abductors until only Frankie and Maxie are left. Meanwhile, Tino, who witnessed the abduction, tells Nanding, who goes with Steve to the mansion and rescues Cathy from the house after fighting off monsters. Frankie and Maxie also escape and run into Facundo and Digna on the road. Realizing that their plan has failed, Facundo and Digna flee and leave Frankie and Maxie to be arrested. Arriving at his garage, Nanding is met by a gang of robbers, whose leader seeks revenge on Nanding, whom they hired to transport them for a heist, for the death of his brother when Nanding fled after realizing their intent. Nanding, Cathy and his fellow jeepney drivers beat up the gang. Cathy completes the land's donation, while Nanding finds the diamonds hidden in his jeepney and receives a reward. |
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In jail, Frankie and Maxie are visited by a vampire from the mansion who proceeds to attack them in their prison cell. |
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==Cast and characters== |
==Cast and characters== |
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| Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan | |
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| Directed by | Pablo Santiago |
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| Story by | Pablo S. Gomez |
| Produced by | Fernando Poe Jr. |
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| Music by | Jaime Fabregas |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Viva Films |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino |
Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan is a 1995 Philippine romantic action comedy film directed by Pablo Santiago. It stars Fernando Poe Jr. (who produced the film) and Anjanette Abayari.[1][2][3][4]
Plot
Cathy returns from the US to apply for a modeling agency and to donate her inherited property to her tenants in accordance with her grandmother's wishes. She meets with his uncle Facundo, who tells her that he intends to sell off the property, to which he has a share, and asks for her permission, to which she says she is too busy to attend to. Her uncle offers to host her in his house in an affluent neighborhood but she insists on staying with her aunt Agnes and gay cousin Tino/Tina, who live in a working-class neighborhood that has sprung up in the property. On her way to her aunt, she rear-ends a jeepney driven by Nanding, leading to an argument with her, which is complicated by Nanding not being able to comprehend Cathy's English. Cathy charms the police into having Nanding jailed before arriving at Agnes' place. Nanding is later bailed out by his friends. While resting at their garage, Nanding sees Cathy jogging, and is told by his friends that she is living in the same neighborhood as him. Cathy encounters Nanding and is shocked that he has been released. She gets into another argument with him but goes off after they fail to understand each other again due to the language barrier. While driving, Nanding runs into Cathy, who figures in a road accident. Seeing her being bullied by the occupants of the car she crashed with, he fights them off. Cathy's attitudes change and after Tino tells her that Nanding is actually a good-hearted person, she resolves to make amends.
Tino arranges for the two to meet, with Cathy apologizing to Nanding in Tagalog. Over dinner, Nanding and Cathy bond and reach an understanding over what initially happened, along with Tino and Nanding's friend Steve. As they leave to fetch a group of club workers led by Digna, they inadvertently leave with diamonds stolen by professional criminals Frankie and Maxie, who had hidden their loot inside Nanding's jeepney. At the club, Digna flirts with Facundo, who falls for her charms. Arriving at the club, Cathy arouses Digna's jealousy, leading the latter to kiss Nanding in front of Cathy. After learning that Nanding has no feelings for Digna, Cathy accompanies Nanding in fetching Digna at the club and kisses him in front of her before walking off, arousing Digna's ire again.
While jogging in the neighborhood, Cathy gets into a brawl with a jealous Digna, which is stopped by Nanding. A furious Digna ends her group's contract with Nanding and gets into contact with Facundo, who then conspire to force Cathy to sign off the papers to the property and get rid of her. Nanding, seeking to cool off tensions from the brawl, serenades Cathy with the help of Janno Gibbs and Randy Santiago. Cathy falls in love with Nanding and tells him of her intent to grant the property to their community. Digna, pretending to make amends with Cathy, lures her to her house, where Digna hires a goon to rape her. However, Cathy finds Digna spiking her drink and confronts her before escaping the house and the goon. On the run, she finds Nanding and embraces him before sharing a kiss.
Facundo and Digna arrange for Cathy to be abducted by goons led by Frankie and Maxie and held until she signs away the papers to the property, after which she is to be killed. However, her abductors take her to an abandoned mansion that turns out to be haunted. At midnight, ghosts, monsters and vampires kill off and scare her abductors until only Frankie and Maxie are left. Meanwhile, Tino, who witnessed the abduction, tells Nanding, who goes with Steve to the mansion and rescues Cathy from the house after fighting off monsters. Frankie and Maxie also escape and run into Facundo and Digna on the road. Realizing that their plan has failed, Facundo and Digna flee and leave Frankie and Maxie to be arrested. Arriving at his garage, Nanding is met by a gang of robbers, whose leader seeks revenge on Nanding, whom they hired to transport them for a heist, for the death of his brother when Nanding fled after realizing their intent. Nanding, Cathy and his fellow jeepney drivers beat up the gang. Cathy completes the land's donation, while Nanding finds the diamonds hidden in his jeepney and receives a reward.
In jail, Frankie and Maxie are visited by a vampire from the mansion who proceeds to attack them in their prison cell.
Cast and characters
- Fernando Poe Jr. as Nanding
- Anjanette Abayari as Cathy
- Boy Alano as Tino / Tina
References
- ^ Yeatter, Bryan (2007). Cinema of the Philippines: 1897-2005. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786430475. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lo, Ricky (2001). Conversations with Ricky Lo. Anvil Publishing. ISBN 9789712710629. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ "AJ Meets FPJ in "Balikbayan"". Manila Standard. Philippine Manila Standard Publishing. November 15, 1996. p. 34. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Google News.
- ^ Japitana, Norma (November 29, 1996). "Lucky Break for AJ". Manila Standard. Philippine Manila Standard Publishing. p. 35. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Google News.
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