Lahar: Paraisong Abo
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In the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano dormant for more than 400 years, the residents of the whole town of San Simon in Pampanga was engulfed by dust and thick mudflow called lahar. The whole surviving residents of the devastated community are relocated to transitional evacuation center, a tent city, where different and unique personalities meet: Sheila, a migrant worker from Germany who is struggling to keep her family intact at all costs; Sonia who is looking for her missing husband while pretending as a handicapped so she can beg on the streets; Ditas, who returns in Pampanga after getting pregnant in Manila; and Elena, a mother who lost her whole family in the eruption, yet she keeps a positive outlook in life that as long as she remembers her relatives no amount of tragedy could keep her from reminiscing of their once peaceful lives.
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Cast
21 people
Tonton Gutierrez
Manuel
Also in
Ika-5 Utos
You with Me
Dawn Zulueta
Sheila
Also in
A Family Affair
Walang Hanggan
Jaclyn Jose
Sonia
Known for
Batang Quiapo
The Housemaid
Tom Taus
Bobot
Known for
DNA
Sharmaine Suarez
Ditas
Also in
What Lies Beneath
It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Daria Ramirez
Elena
Also in
Ika-6 na Utos
Marinara
Maila Damian
Reporter
Also in
Entourage
Blood Dancers
Teresa Aldea
Keith Cazenas
Also in
Super Ranger Kids
Susan Corpuz
Also in
Room Service
Syota ng Bayan
Renato Del Prado
Also in
Death Raiders
Hibla
Dexter Doria
Aunt Bessie
Also in
Tie The Not
Silip sa Apoy
Mel Chionglo Director · Ricky Lee Writer Rody Lacap Cinematographer
First release March 12, 1997 · Produced in Philippines · Production ABS-CBN Film Productions
Production
Star Cinema – ABS-CBN Film Productions
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ABS-CBN Film Productions
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Philippines
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Original language
Tagalog
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Tagalog
Release dates
Philippines · March 12, 1997
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