Ikaw Pa Lang ang Minahal
Ikaw Pa Lang ang Minahal (transl. You're the Only One I Have Loved) is a 1992 Filipino drama film written by Raquel Villavicencio, produced by Armida Siguion-Reyna, and directed by Carlos Siguion-Reyna. The film stars Maricel Soriano as a reclusive daughter of a doctor and Richard Gomez as a man who loves women for money than feelings. The film is an adaptation of William Wyler's 1949 film The Heiress, starring Olivia de Havilland.[1]
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Directed by | Carlos Siguion-Reyna |
Produced by | Armida Siguion-Reyna |
Written by | Raquel Villavicencio |
Based on | The Heiress (1949) by William Wyler |
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Music by | Ryan Cayabyab |
Cinematography | Romeo "Romy" Vitug |
Edited by | Jess Navarro |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Philippines |
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Synopsis
Adela (Maricel Soriano) is the sole heiress and recluse daughter of Dr. Maximo Sevilla (Eddie Gutierrez). Devoid of love from her father who only sees her as a disappointment, Adela keeps to herself and finds solace in crocheting until she meets the dashing David Javier (Richard Gomez) and falls for him. Their blossoming love is met with cruel objections from Dr. Maximo who suspects David is only after his daughter's fortune. Will Adela finally find the love she's been longing for from David or was her father right all along?[2]
Cast of Characters
- Maricel Soriano as Adela
- Richard Gomez as David
- Charito Solis as Paula
- Eddie Gutierrez as Maximo
Special Participation
- Dawn Zulueta as Adela's Mother
- Armida Siguion-Reyna as Caridad
- Guila Alvarez as young Adela
Release
The film was released on June 4, 1992 by Reyna Films.
Digital restoration
The film was digitally restored and remastered by the ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project and Central Digital Lab by scanning the film in 4K resolution and restoration in 2K resolution. It was restored using the film elements supplied by Reyna Films: the Master Picture Negative and the Sound Negative. During the film's restoration process, the most prevalent damage in the supplied material were bumps, splice marks, image instabilities, and molds. The image instability posed a big challenge and required the most number of restoration hours. The other damages include heavy black debris, grain, flicker, color shift and missing frames.
The restored version was premiered on April 18, 2018 at Trinoma with the attendance of the film's director Carlos Siguion-Reyna; writer Raquel Villavicencio; cast members Maricel Soriano, Guila Alvarez, and Richard Reynoso; musical director Ryan Cayabyab; production designer Raymond Bajarias; and dubbing supervisor Lucy Quinto.[3][4]
Television broadcast
The film's restored version received its free-to-air television premiere on ABS-CBN on February 16, 2020 at 11:45PM as a feature presentation for the network's Sunday late-night special presentation block.[5]
According to Kantar Media Philippines statistics, the showing attained a nationwide rating of 1.3%, losing to GMA Network's showing of 2006 film Blue Moon which has attained a rating of 2.6% of the total households.[6]
Awards
The film was awarded Best Picture by all the five film award-giving bodies in the Philippines at that time. Maricel Soriano also won the coveted Best Performance Award of the Young Critics Circle.[7]
References
- Armida Siguion-Reyna: Film Actor, Producer, Industry Leader
- "Ikaw Pa Lang ang Minahal". iWant. November 16, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- "Maricel Soriano, Richard Gomez's 'Ikaw Pa Lang ang Minahal' gets digitally-restored". Philippine Daily Inquirer. April 17, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- "Maricel Soriano takes it a day at a time". Business Mirror. April 29, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- Ikaw Pa Lang ang Minahal on Sunday's Best (February 16, 2020) - Teaser on YouTube
- "National TV Ratings (February 14-16, 2020)". ABS-CBN Newsroom. February 17, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- IMDB Page