Charged with organizing his father's funeral, Wilson Chua (Eric Quizon) hires three professional mourners with plenty of problems and enough tears to flood Manila in this heartwarming comedy. Desperate for cash, Stella (Sharon Cuneta) is happy to take the weeklong gig crying at the traditional Chinese funeral, but the stage is set for disaster when she brings B-movie actress Chua (Hilda Koronel) and the adulterous Choleng (Angel Aquino) along.
It has the potential to build a word-of-mouth audience through its sweet nature and lack of pretense, two qualities that are a rarity in both multiplexes and arthouses.
There's a refreshing optimism fueling his take on working-class life, as if Meily views friendship and neighborly generosity as currencies equal to cold, hard cash.
Filipino movies are mostly uninspired rip-offs of American movies using lots of T&A and slapstick. Crying Ladies is the exeption and this is the only Filipino movie so far that I would recomend to my American, non-flip friends.
Crying Ladies is a comedy/drama based on the Chinese custom of hiring "crying ladies" for
wakes/funerals to show that the recently departed was loved and is missed. Friends and family members who attend the wake and see these fake mourners will be fooled into thinking that the guy who just croaked was loved by everyone.
A Filipino movie with an actual story and no T&A! Finally!
April 14, 2006
Marc Maraya
its in my list of 100 best Filipino films....with an ailing movie industry releasing a gem like this...
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