Foster Child

Foster Child

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Adoption | Foster Parents

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  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Language(s): Tagalog
  • Director(s): Brillante Mendoza
  • Cast(s): Cherry Pie Picache, Eugene Domingo, Jiro Manio, Alwyn Uytingco, Jake Macapagal See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 38min
  • Music: Jerrold Tarog,Emmanuel Clemente,Arnold Reodica
  • Award(s): YCC 2008 (Won)
    Golden Screen 2008 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Isang Himala, Only We Know
  • Story:
    Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption. The inevitable separation is heart-rending for the foster family. Thelma's current foster child John-John (Kier Segismundo) is to be turned over to his adoptive American parents. Every moment with the 3-year-old John-John becomes more precious as Thelma goes through the day fulfilling her motherly duties for the last time—bathing John-John, feeding him, and bringing him to school where the boy participates in a school presentation.
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STORY

Story
Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption. The inevitable separation is heart-rending for the foster family. Thelma's current foster child John-John (Kier Segismundo) is to be turned over to his adoptive American parents. Every moment with the 3-year-old John-John becomes more precious as Thelma goes through the day fulfilling her motherly duties for the last time—bathing John-John, feeding him, and bringing him to school where the boy participates in a school presentation.

AWARDS

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Won
YCC Award

Best Film | 2008 | Brillante

Best Screenplay | 2008 | Ralston

Best Film Award

2008 | Brillante

FAMAS Award

Best Child Actor | 2008 | Kier

Gawad Urian Award

Best Actress Pinakamahusay na Pangunahing Aktres | 2008 | Cherry Pie

Golden Screen Award

Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role Drama | 2008 | Cherry Pie

SIGNIS Award

2008 | Brillante

NETPAC Award

2008 | Brillante

Asian and Arab Competition Award

Best Actress | 2007 | Cherry Pie

Best Actress Award

2008 | Cherry Pie

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Nominations
Golden Screen Award

Best Original Screenplay | 2008 | Ralston

Best Sound | 2008

Best Motion Picture (Drama) | 2008

Best Musical Score | 2008 | Jerrold

Gawad Urian Award

Best Supporting Actress (Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres) | 2008 | Eugene

Best Direction (Pinakamahusay na Direksyon) | 2008 | Brillante

Best Supporting Actor (Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktor) | 2008 | Jiro

Best Picture (Pinakamahusay na Pelikula) | 2008

YCC Award

Best Achievement in Cinematography and Visual Design | 2008 | Odyssey

Best Performance by Male or Female Adult or Child Individual or Ensemble in Leading or Supporting Role | 2008 | Cherry Pie

Star Award

Movie Supporting Actor of the Year | 2008 | Jiro

Movie Actress of the Year | 2008 | Cherry Pie

Halekulani Golden Orchid Award

Narrative Feature | 2007 | Brillante

Lino Brocka Award

International Competition | 2007 | Brillante

C.I.C.A.E. Award

2007 | Brillante

TRIVIA

Trivia

The film won the Special Jury award in 4th Eurasia International Film Festival (2008) held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

At the 9th OSIAN's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, Cherry Pie Picache won the Best Actress Award.