I am a freelance writer and I am fond of old things. My love for old things extends to films. I was reading to some blogs and I stumbled upon “Rosario”. I think I have heard about it but simply with the fact that it stars Jennylyn Mercado. But reading to that blog, I was in love! Oh, the Roaring 20s in Philippine setting!
According to its official website,
“The film tells the saga of Rosario, a young and liberated Filipina in the 1920s who has just arrived from New York, and is spending her vacation in their hacienda.
There, she meets and falls in love with Vicente, an older man who manages the tobacco plantation owned by Rosario’s family. When Rosario’s father finds out about his daughter’s scandalous affair, he sends Rosario to a convent.
She escapes, and elopes with Vicente to Manila where they raise a family. But Rosario’s life of married bliss slowly crumbles when Vicente becomes ill with tuberculosis, and she is lured to committing adultery. Temptation and scandal still hound Rosario as she continues to defy the moral restrictions of her time.
Based on a true story and set in one of the most colorful periods in Philippine history, ROSARIO is destined to be a modern masterpiece in Philippine filmmaking. It is a monumental yet intimate portraitof a woman’s emancipation and the sometimes painful consequences of following one’s desires.”
Philippine cinema has produced some historical films but majority of them are those in the Spanish era from the numerous versions of the Noli to Anne Curtis’ “Baler”. This film has something that excites me flke the hacienda life and Philippine society during the 1920s. Most of all, I love their costumes!
I’m dying to have this hat!
This is the film directoral debut of Albert Martinez and TV5’s first film. Rosario is the life story of Manny Pangilinan’s grandmother. Isn’t it sweet to honor your grandmother?
Here is the official trailer of Rosario