Blue Moon is a 2006 romantic drama film released by Regal Films in the Philippines. The film is directed by Joel Lamangan. It is also an official entry to the 31st Metro Manila Film Festival.
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| File:Bluemoon06.jpg Can a love that bloomed under a Blue Moon truly last forever? | |
| Directed by | Joel Lamangan |
| Written by | Allan Tijamo |
| Produced by | Roselle Monteverde-Teo |
| Starring | Eddie Garcia Boots Anson-Roa Mark Herras Jennylyn Mercado see Blue Moon Cast |
| Music by | Von de Guzman |
| Distributed by | Regal Films |
Release dates | January, 1 2006 |
Running time | 108 minutes |
| Language | Tagalog/English |
Taglines:
- True Love happens Once in a Blue Moon
- True Love blooms Once in a Blue Moon
Synopsis
The story begins with a man named Manuel Pineda, who is ill and had only has six-months to live, but there is one thing in his life he wanted to do, that is to find Corazon (His love one). Meanwhile Manuel's son Rod is still mourning to his wife's death. Also Rod's son, Kyle, broke up with his girlfriend.
Manuel starts to find Corazon somewhere in Iloilo but she wasn't there so his son Rod and Grandson Kyle picks him up in iloilo but on the way home the car they were in has broken down. Then Manuel tells the story of why he was in iloilo.
Manuels past starts when he befriends with Domingo, Cora, and Azon (both Cora and Azon also named Corazon). Manuel falls in love with Azon, and Cora has a secret crush on Manuel. Moving on, Azon tells Manuel that her mother wants to move far far away and offers him to come with her and her mother, Manuel declined then Azon gave him a piece of her pendant (which is part of her necklace) and tells him that if the pendant goes back to her necklace their both meant together.
After that Domingo and Manuel joined the army. Later on the war began and Azon tried to say goodbye to Manuel but she catch up with Domingo (who also like's Azon), Domingo tells Azon that Manuel is in a battle then Azon gave Domingo her address and told him to tell Manuel to find her.
After the battle Domingo and Manuel was captured by the enemies, Domingo was wounded badly that he can't walk, so he told Manuel to leave without him but before Manuel leaves (which he doesn't want to) he gave Manuel the address of Azon and told Manuel to find her. After that Manuel survives the war and met Cora (now a nurse) in the hospital. While Cora was taking care of the wounded Manuel, she revealed her feelings for him and they both make love.
After that Cora got pregnant and got married with Manuel. After Cora gave birth to their son she leaves Manuel coz she knew Manuel is still in love with Azon. She gave Manuel a half picture of her and if her half picture and his half picture unite again it means their both meant to be together.
Back to the present, after Kyle and Rod learned the story, they helped Manuel find Corazon. Will they find Corazon? But which Corazon?
Cast
- Jennylyn Mercado - Cora/Corazon
- Mark Herras - Young Manuel
- Pauleen Luna - Azon/Corazon
- Dennis Trillo - Kyle Pineda
- Eddie Garcia - Manuel Pineda
- Christopher De Leon - Rod Pineda
- Boots Anson-Roa - Corazon
- Polo Ravales - Domingo
- Reggie Curley - Abe
- Christine Bersola - Herself (as Tintin Bersola-Babao)
- Paolo Paraiso - Pilot
- Vangie Labalan - Carmencita
- Tin Arnaldo - Peggy
- Pinky Amador - Grace
- Janna Victoria - Pilot's girlfriend
Awards
- MMFF’05 Best Picture
- Best Story
- Best Screenplay
- Texter’s choice Best Actress Jennylyn Mercado
- Texter’s choice Best Actor Mark Herras
Trivia
- Initially disqualified by the Metro Manila film fest selection committee allegedly for being a different movie from the originally submitted script, it was later reconsidered after the production maintained the story was the same, albeit re-titled. From the original Philippine playdate of 25 December 2005 (the start of the Metro Manila Film Festival), it was moved to January 1, 2006.
- "Nasaan ka Nang Kailangan Kita" (Where Were You when I Needed You) was the first title choice of the movie.
Quotes
Scene: after Rod and Kyle picks Manuel to iloilo
- Rod: "Dagat lang pala gusto mo, hindi ka na lang nag punta sa Manila Bay" (So ocean is what you want, why didn't you just go to Manila Bay)
- Manuel: "Balang araw maiintindihan mo rin" (Someday you will understand)
- Rod: "Pano ko maiintindihan, you never cared to explain!" (How will I understand, you never cared to explain!)
- Kyle: "Leave him alone!"
- Rod: "Stay out of this!"
- Kyle: "Hindi pwede lolo ko yan!" (No way! His my grandfather!)
- Rod: "Tatay ko yan" (His my father!)
Scene of Cora(Jen) and Manuel(Mark)
- Cora: "Halika sayaw tayo. Tamang tama ang lahat, ang buwan, ang kanta, lahat tama."
- Manuel: "tsaka na lang."
Soundtrack
Orange and Lemons sang "Blue Moon" the official theme song of this movie.