From the producers of heneral luna, a new filipino classic, comes the first ever documentary movie in the metro manila film festival mmff and. Sunday beauty queen, is a documentary that follows a group of such workers, predominantly young, as they toil in this bustling asian metropolis. Sunday beauty queen is a bighearted documentary from filipino. Sunday beauty queen 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Photo from the films facebook page as the movie unfolded, we learned that one employer and two male acquaintances that had cameos in the film have passed away since shooting began four years ago. Free canva pro rolls out for all public health organizations. Sunday beauty queen is a documentary about the philippines modern heroes the overseas filipino workers. Release dates 5 also known as aka 0 release dates south korea 7 october 2016 busan international film festival philippines 25 december 2016 metro manila film festival netherlands 10 march 2017 cinemasia film festival. Sunday beauty queen is a film that understands the value of escape. Sunday beauty queen cast members hazel perdido and mylyn jacobo pose outside a theater showing their movie. Mmff crowns sunday beauty queen best picture abscbn news.
Directed by baby ruth villarama, the film lists unknown or not available as a castmember. Mmff entry na sunday beauty queen, docu movie tungkol sa. Baby ruth villaramas sunday beauty queen was crowned best picture at the awards night of the annual metro manila film festival held at the kia theater in cubao thursday. Director baby ruth villarama lovingly captures the details of play and fantasy between the harsh, thankless labor that so often reminds the women of the families they left behind in the philippines. Sunday beauty queen complete hong kong, february 8, 2017 spotlight. In a beauty pageant like no other in the world, five helpers give themselves makeovers for a day and gleefully reclaim their dignity. A filipina maid dreams to become hong kongs most beautiful queen not for self worth but to save lives, change the abusive system and be happy inside out.
Sunday beauty queen is a reallife cinderella tale of a filipina house helper who dreams to be a beauty queen in hong kong. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for sunday beauty queen 2017. Sunday beauty queen 2016 the movie database tmdb philippine documentary film directed by baby ruth villarama and follows a group of expatriate domestic workers in hong kong as they prepare to take part in an annual beauty pageant. Sunday beauty queen movie schedules in metro manila cinemas.
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Cinemasia film festival 2017 winner audience award. Weekdays for a group of domestic workers in hong kong are spent on backbreaking work, while sundays transform them into beauty queens in preparation for a beauty pageant. Philippine documentary film directed by baby ruth villarama and follows a group of expatriate domestic workers in. See more of metro manila film festival mmff official on facebook. You can listen to live radio stations around the world with this app. Sunday beauty queen is a 2016 philippine documentary film directed by baby ruth villarama and follows a group of expatriate domestic workers in hong kong. Revealing beauty to be more than just skin deep, babyruth villaramas documentary sunday beauty queen shows filipino domestic helpers in. A filipina maid dreams to become hong kongs most beautiful queen not for. Sunday beauty queen 2017 traileraddict movie trailers. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Sunday beauty queen is directed by baby ruth villarama and follows a group of domestic workers in hong kong as they prepare for an annual beauty pageant.
In fact, it revolves around a metaphor of escape, of the mirthful sunday beauty pageants that also provide the film its paced respite from its exhaustive portrayals of the selfsacrifices of filipino domestic helpers. It features the real stories of hazel perdido, mylyn jacobo. Sunday beauty queen follows a particular yet universal tale of ofws overseas filipino workers, filipino maids dream to become hong kongs beauty. Beneath hong kongs glittering facade, filipinas working as. Sunday beauty queen movie schedules in metro manila. In a beauty pageant like no other in the world, five helpers give themselves makeovers. The latest title to be available for streaming is sunday beauty queen, the best picture awardee at 2016s metro manila film festival mmff. Sticking together on their one free day of the week, their social life centers on competing and. A portrait of a group of filipina domestic helpers working in hong kong, and their one day off where they get to participate in beauty pageants. With rudelie acosta, cherrie bretana, chuck gutierrez, mylyn jacobo. Soon you can stream sunday beauty queen, mmff 2016s.
Sunday beauty queen is a 2016 philippine documentary film directed by baby ruth villarama and follows a group of expatriate domestic workers in hong kong as they prepare to take part in an annual beauty pageant. Watch sunday beauty queen on youtube for free on may 15. Beneath hong kongs glittering facade, filipinas working as domestic helpers work in relative anonymity and for near slave wages. A documentary that takes an intimate look at the daily dramas of filipino foreign domestic workers in hong kong premieres at. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Philippine cinema 2017 opened in hong kong with an opening screening and hong kong premier of sunday beauty queen. It was one of the official entries of the mmff in 2016, where it won best picture, editing, and the gatpuno antonio j. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
Best documentary baby ruth villarama director buchi boy films production company gawad urian awards 2017 winner gawad urian award. Sunday beauty queen director baby ruth villarama said she hopes that the movies win for best picture will encourage movie theaters to extend the showing of film. In hong kong, sunday is the one day a week overseas filipino workers get to congregate in the streets to commune, crack jokes, celebrate birthdays, and, every now and then, throw beauty pageants. According to the movies official facebook, page, the. Sunday beauty queens come home, help keep movie in. In a period where reality is often mentioned alongside the words bleak and dreary, sunday beauty queen offers something else, a piece of reality.