The Filipina as a mother is a very prominent figure in our culture. Filipinas are deemed to be inherently caring, kind, and selfless. These adjectives are magnified 239487293874 times when women become mothers.
Case in point: Vilma Santos's character in the movie Anak. She left her children to work abroad in order to earn more and give them a better life. That's like the ultimate sacrifice a mom can do. Pero yun nga lang, her children grew up without a mom. Therefore without guidance and TLC.
This is the mega iyakan confrontation scene. Ang galing ni Claudine at Vilma dito ha. I actually haven't seen this movie, pero in fairness, na teary-eyed ako sa clip na 'to.
Ah, now we come to one of my favorite Filipino films of all time: ANG TANGING INA NIYONG LAHAT, the sequel of TANGING INA, another one of my favorite films. I SWEAR if I meet Ai-ai in real life, iiyak ako.
I love this movie so much because Ina, Ai-ai's character, is facing several challenges (single mom, 12 kids, no stable job) but she does it with so much candidness and humor. Having several odd jobs (e.g. dancer, chambermaid, waitress sa karinderia, kargador sa ice factory) and going back to school (at 40 years old!) were't something she complained about. She just knew she had to so she could support her family. Walang iyakan, walang drama. Ina tried to save the (female) President's life and ended up running for President---and winning! We see how being a mother of 12 came in handy in being a President!
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