Film Title:
Himala
(Miracle)

Director:
Ishmael Bernal

Writer:
Ricardo Lee

Genre:
Drama

Synopsis:
    In a remote village, a young girl named Elsa (Aunor) claims that the Virgin Mary has spoken to her. She reveals her visions and starts healing people, thus, pushing the village to finally confront its own needs and beliefs. A story about faith and faithlessness, truth and delusion, Himala tackles the endless and timeless struggle of man in his quest to find something to believe in.

Production by:
Experimental Cinema of the Philippines (ECP)

Details:
Release Date: 1982
Running time: 124 min

Sreening / Festival / Awards:

• Metro Manila Film Festival (1982):
  • Best Story/Screenplay
  • Best Picture
  • Best Actress (Aunor)
  • Best Supporting Actor (Manikan)
  • Best Supporting Actress (Duenas)
  • Best Editing
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Production Design
• One of the Ten Best Films of the Decade, URIAN (1980-89)
• Best Screenplay, Catholic Mass Media Awards (1982)
• Winner, Bronze Hugo Awards, 19th Chicago Film Festival (1983)
• Nominated, Golden Berlin Bear, Ishmael Bernal, Berlin International Film Festival (1983)

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Trivia:

• The first film produced by the Philippine government film body Experimental Cinema of the Philippines (ECP). This won nine of 11 awards given at the 1982 Metro Manila Filmfest.
  
  
• It breaks trends in Philippine filmmaking by featuring only one known actress in the cast with support from unknown television and legit stage performers.

Plot Keywords:
* Faith * One Word Title * Remote Village * Miracle * Visionary * Rape * Filmmaker

Himala Ishmael Bernal

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