The Child (2000)

• 77%
• 2000
• Drama
• Rory B. Quintos
• Vilma Santos
• Claudine Barretto
• Joel Torre

The main character is a Filipina Overseas Contract Worker, one of the many residents of the archipelago who is forced to leave her family and take a higher-paying job in a more-prosperous Asian country. While she is working, her employer refuses to let her take a vacation, nor does he deliver her mail to her. She is unaware, therefore, that her husband has died. When she finally returns to the Philippines she is met with resentment and hatred by her children. The movie studies how she overcomes these feelings and rebuilds her family relationships.