Foster Child (2007 film)
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| Directed by | Brillante Mendoza |
| Written by | Ralston Jover |
| Produced by | Robbie Tan |
| Starring | Cherry Pie Picache Kier Segismundo |
| Cinematography | Odessey Flores |
| Edited by | Charliebebs Goheta |
| Music by | Jerrold Tarog |
| Distributed by | Seiko Films |
Release date | 2007 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Land |  Philippinen |
| Languages | English Tagalog Filipino |
Foster Child is an award-winning indie film from Seiko Films, which stars Cherry Pie Picache as a temporary foster parent to an abandoned child. The movie is directed by Brillante Mendoza.
Foster Child is Brillante Mendoza's fourth feature film, following Masahista (2005), Kaleldo (2006), and Manoro (2006). Mendoza is the fourth Filipino director whose work was screened in the Directors' Fortnight of Cannes film fest. The past filmmakers were Lino Brocka, Mike de Leon and Mario O'Hara.
Synopsis
Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are an urban poor 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 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.
Cast
- Cherry Pie Picache as Thelma
- Kier Segismundo as John-John
- Eugene Domingo
- Jiro Manio
- Kier Alonzo
- Alwyn Uytingco
- Dan Alvaro