Crying Ladies (2003)

Directed by

Mark Meily

Genre

comedy

Country

Philippines

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three women work as professional mourners for a wealthy Chinese-Filipino family. They deal with their own struggles while helping others grieve.

heartfeltwarmmelancholicupliftingcomedicemotionaldown-to-earth

What happens

Crying Ladies is a 2003 Filipino comedy-drama film directed by Mark Meily based on his Palanca-winning screenplay Bayad Luha. The film stars Sharon Cuneta as Stella, Hilda Koronel as Aling Doray, and Angel Aquino as Choleng, who are hired as professional funeral mourners by a wealthy Chinese-Filipino family in Manila's Chinatown, while they deal with their personal problems. The film was released on December 25, 2003, in the Philippines as an entry to the 2003 Metro Manila Film Festival where it won five major awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Quizon, Best Supporting Actress for Koronel, and Best Child Performer for Pacheco. It was the Philippines' submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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