Foster Child

"Love and life are not equal."

2007 1h 38m TL

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 12

Drama

Synopsis

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Thelma, together with her husband Dado and teenage sons Gerald and Yuri, 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.

“Love and life are not equal.”

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Cast

Cherry Pie Picache
Thelma
Kier Segundo
John-John
Eugene Domingo
Bianca
Jiro Manio
Yuri
Alwyn Uytingco
Gerald
Dan Alvaro
Dado
Jake Macapagal
Kristoffer King

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Brillante Ma Mendoza
Writers: Ralston Jover
Languages: English, Tagalog
Countries: Philippines

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Tagalog.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Charliebebs Gohetia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Cherry Pie Picache and Kier Segundo and Eugene Domingo carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Love and life are not equal.".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1031930 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Brillante Ma Mendoza directs. Charliebebs Gohetia cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Philippines. Dialogue in English, Tagalog.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 19 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Tagalog.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Charliebebs Gohetia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Cherry Pie Picache and Kier Segundo and Eugene Domingo carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Love and life are not equal.".
7IMDB entry: tt1031930 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.