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Ako Legal Wife
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Wikipedia article
'Mano Po 4: Ako Legal Wife' is a 2005 Filipino comedy-drama film produced by Regal Entertainment, and an entry to the 2005 Metro Manila Film Festival. The film focuses on the lives of the Chinese-Filipino community, but rather in a comedic way unlike in the first three 'Mano Po' installments which are used in a melodramatic way. It stars Jay Manalo, Zsa Zsa Padilla as Chona the Legal Wife, Cherry Pie Picache as Patty the Lucky Wife and Rufa Mae Quinto as Gloria the Latest Wife. The title is considered as the fourth installment of the 'Mano Po' film series and was based on the line of Zsa Zsa Padilla in 'Mano Po 2: My Home'; 'Ako legal wife!' (lit. I am [the] legal wife!).
Apart from the other 'Mano Po' films, it is the first film in the series to use comedic elements since three of the films in the series centered on perplex drama.
Synopsis
Elton Chiong is a businessman having three wives. Chona, a pure Chinese is his legal wife having three children, Hamilton who is a homosexual, Hibiscus and Anthurium; Patty, who is a Chinese with having a Visayan accent. She gives good luck to Elton, with their only son Nixon; and Gloria, a Filipino is Elton's mistress.
Cast
*Jay Manalo as Elton Chiong
*Zsa Zsa Padilla as Chona Gao-Chiong
*Cherry Pie Picache as Patty Que-Chiong
*Rufa Mae Quinto as Gloria Martinez
*JC De Vera as Nixon Chiong
*John Prats as Hamilton Chiong
*Julianne Lee as Hibiscus Chiong
*Ella Guevara as Anthurium Chiong
*Bianca King as Trixia Sy
*Pinky Amador as Elvie Rosales-Tan
*Marissa Sanchez as Nancy Dy
*Harvey Diez as Benito Co
Awards
At the 2005 Metro Manila Film Festival, Padilla took the award for Best Actress and Picache won the award for Best Supporting Actress.
References
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