Mano po
By: Roy C. Iglesias & Lily Y. Monteverde, story ; Roy C. Iglesias, screenplay ; Roselle Monteverde-Teo, Grace Monteverde, Jynett Monteverde, producers ; Joel C. Lamangan, direction
Contributors: Soriano, Maricel, 1965- actor; Gomez, Richard, 1966- actor; Aquino, Kris, actor; Mina, Ara, actor; Garcia, Eddie, actor; De Guzman, Von, composer; Illenberger, Tara, film editor; Garchitorena, Leslie, cinematographer; Regal Home Video (Firm); Regal Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher: Regal Home Video; Exclusively distributed in the Philippines by Regal Entertainment
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Pasig City, Philippines
Language: tgl
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: Racially mixed people; Drama; Ethnic identity; Chinese
Other titles: Mano po 1 :; My family
Description: "[About] a Chinese-Filipino family's search for identity and place in Philippine history. Told in the context of their struggles amid harsh contemporary realities and the ties that bind them to a land that has been good to them despite the life-threatening circumstances that have now begun to hover over their lives"--Container.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.

Music, Von de Guzman ; editor, Tara Illenberger ; director of photography, Leslie Garchitorena.

Maricel Soriano, Richard Gomez, Kris Aquino, Ara Mina, Eddie Garcia.

DVD; Dolby digital.

In Tagalog and Mandarin, with English subtitles.

Winner of multiple 2002 Metro-Manila Film Festival awards, including Best picture, Best actor, Best actress, Best supporting actress, Best director, Best story, Best screenplay, Best cinematography, Best editing, Best musical score, and Best production design. Winner of 2003 Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences award for best supporting actress (Aquino).