Malvarosa
7.1
A poignant story of a family’s struggles in life. It tells of Rosa, who lives in the slums near the railroad tracks, with her mother and five brothers. Her mother wallows in guilt and depression when her drunkard father is run over by a train. Though she is set to marry her fiancé, Rosa chooses to put her family’s needs before her own. Rosa’s brothers also carry their own burdens, except for one, the youngest, Avelino, who helps his sister shoulder the weight of the family’s problems.
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Cast
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Charito Solis
Rosa
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Gregorio Fernandez
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Avelino
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Gregorio Fernandez Director · Consuelo P. Osorio Screenplay Clodualdo Del Mundo Sr. Story
United States release November 3, 2022 · Produced in Philippines
Production
LVN Pictures
Production
Philippines
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
Tagalog
Release dates
Philippines · May 19, 1958
Theatrical
United States · November 3, 2022
Theatrical · Mike de Leon Retrospective - MoMA
Philippines
February 7, 1971 · TV · ABS-CBN 2
October 17, 2019 · Premiere · QCinema International Film Festival / 4K digital scan
Singapore
March 25, 2023 · Premiere · Mike de Leon Retrospective
South Korea
May 31, 2024 · Premiere · Korean Film Archive
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