Biyaya ng Lupa (1959)

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Country: Philippines
Genres: Drama
Release: 1965-11-01
Director: Manuel Silos
Writers: Celso Al. Carunungan , Pablo Naval
Language: Filipino | Tagalog
Stars: Rosa Rosal , Tony Santos , Leroy Salvador , Carmencita Abad , Carlos Padilla Jr. , Marita Zobel , Joseph de Cordova , Danilo Jurado , Tony Dantes , Miguel Lopez
Runtime: 111 min
Awards: 2 wins & 10 nominations
AKA: Blessings of the Land (United States of America) , Biyaya ng Lupa (Philippines) , Blessings of the Land (United Kingdom) , Chikyuu no megumi (Japan) , Blessings of the Land , Biyaya ng lupa
Plot: A young married couple, Maria and Jose (Rosa Rosal and Tony Santos) start life together creating a lanzones orchard in the countryside. They have four children - Miguel (Leroy Salvador), Arturo (Carlos Padilla Jr), Angelita (Marita Zobel), and Lito (Danilo Jurado). The eldest, Miguel, is a deaf-mute. Life is good to them and the children grow up and bring joy to the community. But trouble enters their lives when Jose makes an enemy of Bruno (Joseph de Cordova). Bruno, a widower, is much feared in the village, for it is rumored that he caused the death of his wife. And yet he wants to remarry and is courting Choleng (Mila Ocampo), Jose's niece. But Choleng avoids Bruno and one day, in trying to get away from him, she slips and falls off a cliff and dies. The village is outraged and Bruno hides in the mountains. There, he plots his revenge on the village, particularly on Jose's family.
IMDB:tt0159283