Abandonada (film)

Abandonada
Abandonada
Directed by	Joel Lamangan
Written by	Raquel Villavicencio
Produced by	Vincent del Rosario III
Starring	Maricel Soriano; Edu Manzano; Angelu de Leon;
Cinematography	Monino Duque; Charlie Peralta;
Edited by	Tara Illenberger
Music by	Jessie Lasaten
Production; company	Viva Films
Distributed by	Viva Films
Release date	November 29, 2000;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino

Abandonada (transl. Abandoned or Abandoned Woman) is a 2000 Philippine drama film directed by Joel Lamangan. The film stars Maricel Soriano, Edu Manzano and Angelu de Leon.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The film is streaming online on YouTube.

Plot

Gemma migrates to Canada to support her husband Edwin and newborn son Marco. Working as a nurse, she is jailed for two years and ultimately deported for fatally overdosing a terminally ill young patient in an act of mercy. Upon returning to the Philippines, she finds that Edwin had left her and taken along Marco while telling everyone that she had died abroad.

Gemma tracks down Edwin and Marco to an affluent neighborhood in Manila, where he has married an unsuspecting socialite named Cindy for her money and has an infant daughter with her named Abby, while passing off Marco as his nephew. In order to get closer to her son and confront Edwin, she applies as a laundrywoman and a nanny for Marco^[4] under the name Malou. Edwin is shocked to see Gemma, but ignores her. Gemma endears herself to Marco, protecting him from his abusive and lecherous nanny Glo. Gemma also gains the trust and trust of Cindy and the other maids when she defends Abby and her nanny Rose from Glo when the latter tries to fatally stab them during an argument.

While rummaging through Gemma's things, Myrna, a kleptomaniac coworker, finds pictures of her and Edwin as a married couple. Gemma then comes clean about her past to her coworkers and gains their support in taking back custody of Marco. While Cindy is away, Gemma confronts Edwin for his deeds, upon which he agrees to let Gemma take custody of Marco and make it appear that he was abducted by someone else.

On the night of Gemma and Marco's escape, in which she is helped by her boyfriend Nando, they are engaged in a high-speed chase and shootout by Edwin, who feigned agreement to Gemma's wishes in order to lure her into a trap and kill her. The trio end up hiding inside a cinema but are spotted by Edwin, leading to a shootout in which Edwin kills Nando and prepares to shoot Gemma when police arrive. Edwin instead frames Gemma for abducting Marco and has her arrested. As Gemma is led away into custody she screams for her son in front of television cameras and Cindy.

In jail, Gemma reveals to an unbelieving Cindy that she is Edwin's legal wife and Marco's mother. Cindy is later convinced of the truth after the maids show her Gemma and Edwin's pictures, which she had left behind. Cindy confronts Edwin and leaves him. She then tells Marco about her real mother and reunites him with a grateful Gemma, while dropping all charges against her. Cindy migrates to the United States along with Abby and cuts Edwin off financially while she files for divorce. As Edwin is evicted from Cindy's house, he is arrested by police for Nando's murder. As he is taken into custody, a newly-released Gemma arrives and slaps him. Gemma pays his respects at Nando's grave and leaves with Marco for the province to start a new life.

Cast

Maricel Soriano as Gemma
Edu Manzano as Edwin
Angelu de Leon as Cindy
Jay Manalo as Nando
Ynez Veneracion as Glo
Perla Bautista as Manang Bining
Maureen Mauricio as Rose
Mel Kimura as Myrna
Tita de Villa as Remy
Gigette Reyes as Emily
Bernard Palanca as Julian
Jim Pebanco as Jess
Tony Mabesa as Atty. Mallonca
King Alcala as Marco
- Angelo Macam as 1-year old Marco
Aurora Uding as Landlady
Ronald Butlig as Nestor
Jon Romano as Didoy
Jackie Castillejos as Guia

Awards

Year	Awards	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2001	49th FAMAS Awards	Best Actress	Maricel Soriano	Nominated	^[5]
		Best Supporting Actress	Angelu de Leon	Nominated
		Best Child Actor	King Alcala	Nominated
		Best Theme Song	Kung Wala Na	Nominated
	19th FAP Awards	Best Picture	Abandonada	Nominated
	19th FAP Awards	Best Original Song	Kung Wala Na	Won