I. Drumhead:
Vilma plays Seth. a adult female who runs a embarkation house in a middle-class community in the metropolis. Her male parent. Odong ( Robert Arevalo ) . is successfully treated for his post-stroke status by a faith therapist named Elsa ( Daria Ramirez ) . Because of this. 5 of Seth’s friends ( and neighbours ) convince her to convey them to Elsa so that they may besides acquire their assorted unwellnesss treated. Seth’s boy. Jed ( Martin del Rosario ) . besides brings along his half sister Cookie ( Kim Chiu ) so her kidney status could be cured. After the twenty-four hours of the healing. each individual treated by Elisa dies of strange and violent fortunes. Before each decease. Seth would be visited by a crow and a enigmatic vision of her friend’s doppelganger. II. Identify and explicate the basic Filipino Values
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The movie showed about the belief of most Filipinos about “faith Healing. ” Most Filipinos believe in this because there are times it was proven effectual. But besides. there are some who believe they are healed because of their religion that they would be healed and non because of the therapist.
III. Analyze/ asses the values portrayed by the characters * Vilma Santos ( Seth ) – who foremost believe that religion healing is effectual and brought her companions to the religion therapist. * Daria Ramirez ( Manang Elsa ) – the faith therapist who performs the healing and prescribes herbal medical specialty. * Martin del Rosario ( Jed ) – Seth’s perturbed boy who asks Seth to convey Cookie. his half sister to be brought to the therapist. * Kim Chui ( Cookie ) – suffered from nephritic disease called G Glomerulonephritis and would wish to be brought to Manang Elsa.
* Pokwang ( Alma ) – one of Seth’s neighbor who went to the religion therapist because of a growing on her pes that prevents her to migrate in Dubai. * Cris Villanueva ( Dinging ) – one of Seth’s neighbor who went to the religion therapist because of enduring from a tegument disease called psoriasis * Ynez Veneracion ( Greta ) – one of Seth’s neighbor who went to the religion therapist because of a ball in her chest * Ces Quesada ( Chona ) . who suffers from goitre
* Abby Bautista ( Cacai ) – one of Seth’s neighbor who went to the religion therapist because of her sightlessness.
* Allan Paule ( Ruben ) – Greta’s hubby
* Janice de Belen ( Cita ) – Cacai’s female parent
* Simon Ibarra ( Rex ) – Chona’s hubby
* Joel Torre ( Melchor ) – Manang Elsa’s helper and brother
* Jhong Hilario ( Dario ) – the 1 who let Manang Elsa risen from the dead.
IV. Decision
In the terminal of the narrative. the lone individual remained alive from all of that have been healed was Cookie. The doppelganger was non able to posses her because Seth and Jed was at that place to acquire rid of it. And before the doppelganger could successfully possess Cookie. Melchor have killed Dario by hiting him dead and cutting the expletive. The doppelgangers disappear. the bloodshed ceases. and Melchor is pinned down by constabulary officers. Seth and Jed who are now free from the curse’s reign of panic shake the unconscious Cookie. who wakes up for one concluding panic.
V. Recommendation
When we are in times of weakness. and where there is no 1 we can run on to. we are force to prosecute to the superstitious beliefs that are trusted by most. “ Wala calling mawawala sa’yo kung susubukan eh” they may state. But as a people of new coevals. refering with wellness. we must believe in things that was proven true and effectual. Besides. we must non set our religion on a individual here on Earth but we must put it on the Man who left this Earth for our ain interest. He gave us this life and so we must swear to Him everything.
