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Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa
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Wikipedia article
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| writer = Shaira Mella Salvador
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| music = Nonong Buencamino
| cinematography = Ely Cruz
| editing = Edgardo Vinarao
| studio = Star Cinema
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| runtime = 125 minutes
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'Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa' (Tagalog: 'Sarah, The Little Princess') is a 1995 Filipino family-drama film adapted from the 1985 Nippon Animation anime, 'Princess Sarah', which in turn was based on the 1905 children's novel 'A Little Princess' by British playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film was directed by Romy Suzara and starred Camille Prats as Sarah Crewe, Angelica Panganiban as Becky and Jean Garcia as Ms. Minchin.
Plot
Sarah Crewe (Prats), who was born in India, is sent to a boarding school in England, leaving her life in India and her father, Captain Crewe (Ranillo III). Life is rather hard for Sarah, so he bought her a doll named Emily.
Sarah quickly became the center of attention at school and befriends almost all students, even the school's scullery maid, Becky (Panganiban). The rich yet selfish Lavinia Herbert (Pedersen), who was once the most popular girl in school, grows jealous of Sarah.
Sarah is then informed during her birthday party that her father died in a mining accident. Out of greed, Miss Minchin (Garca) locked Sarah away in the attic, taking her possessions and forcing her into servitude to make her earn her keep, telling people outside that the girl had disappeared. Upon the downfall of her perceived rival, a gloating Lavinia and her coterie of girls then torment Sarah and Becky.
In the end, her father's friend discovers that Sarah, the person they were searching for a very long time, just lives next door. Eventually adopting the girl to repay her father's kindness of saving himself. However Miss Minchin and Lavinia feels remorseful of their cruel actions and asks Sarah for forgiveness for all the cruelties they inflict against her.
Cast
Main cast
*Camille Prats as Sarah Crewe*Angelica Panganiban as Becky
*Jean Garcia as Miss Minchin
*Angelica Pedersen as Lavinia Herbert
*Mat Ranillo III as Captain Ralph Crewe
*Rio Locsin as Miss Amelia
Supporting cast
*Paula Peralejo as Gertrude*Romeo Rivera as Mr. Anthony Crisford (based on the original Mr. Carrisford)
*Romy Romulo as Ram Dass, Mr. Crisford's Indian servant
*Tony Carren as Seor Francisco (a Spanish teacher based on the original French teacher, Monsieur Dufarge)
*Ramn Recto as Mr. Barrow
*Jaime Fbregas as James, the school cook
*Malou Crislogo as Miss Mollie
*Kathleen Go Quien as Ermengarde St. John
*Ani Pearl Alonzo as Lottie Leigh
*Sara Polverini as Jessie
*Ryan de Vela as Peter
*Alex Symington as Peter's father
*Sarah Asher Geronimo as Sarah's classmate
*Hilda Levantolia as Nuni Muni
Production
Most of the film was shot on location in Scotland, with other scenes shot on set in Baguio, Philippines.
A departure from the original novel and the anime are that the girls taught Spanish as a foreign language instead of French.
Reception
Upon its release, the film and its cast earned a number of accolades, among them a 1996 FAMAS Awards nomination for Camille Pratts as Best Child Actress, Best Production Design for Manny Morfe, and a Best Child Actress award for Angelica Panganiban during the 1996 Star Awards.
See also
*'A Little Princess' - 1995 American film also based on the novel.
*'Princess Sarah' - live action TV adaptation of the film.
References
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