‘Mrs.’
Seventy-year-old Virginia (Elizabeth Oropesa) shares the old ancestral house with Delia (Lotlot de Leon), her ever-loyal maid. Delia is marrying her long-time boyfriend, Rene, and tearfully confides to Virginia that she wants to go home to her parents in the province to start a new family life with him. Haunted by a past that Virginia tries to conquer – her only son Sonny Boy who disappeared years ago, what follows
shows a portrait of a woman and a mother trying to juggle the sad realities of life in a cycle of life and death.
Director Adolf Alix talks about the birth of this unique story about the struggle in a life of a mother. “Minsan napag-usapan namin nung writer ko ‘yung idea na kung namatay ‘yung anak mo, may closure ka.
Pero kung nawawala lang siya, paano mo tatanggapin yung idea na isang araw makasalubong mo siya or isang araw baka mabalitaan mo na wala na siya.” He continues, “Pero wala akong personal experience
sa mga bagay na ‘yun. Nagkainteres lang ako dahil napaka-rich nung ganitong situation.”
Oropesa is Virginia, the homeowner of the ancestral home that sits on a faultline. “[It’s] a very interesting character. I’ve never had any character like this. Maraming masalimuot na iniikutan ‘yung character.
Parang love story namin ni Lotlot ito. May boyfriend siya pero ayaw niya kong iwan ever at siya rin mahal na mahal ko, parang pamilya ko na at parang iniisip ko hanggang sa mamatay ako ay siya na yung kasama ko.”
“Dito sa pelikulang ito makikita niyo ang realidad ng buhay, kung paano talaga magmahal at mag-alaga ang isang kasambahay, at kung paano rin siya mahalin ng pinagsisilbihan niya,” said Lotlot.
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| LotLot De Leon |
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| Arvic Tan |
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| Toni Co |
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| Elizabeth Oropesa and Daria Ramirez |
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