Ang larawan (2017) Online
In a musical tale about standing together against materialism, two impoverished sisters anguish over whether or not to sell a painting, the final masterpiece by their recluse father. A bitter struggle for survival against betrayal set in pre-World War II Manila.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Joanna Ampil | - | Candida Marasigan |
 | Rachel Alejandro | - | Paula Marasigan |
 | Paulo Avelino | - | Tony Javier |
 | Sandino Martin | - | Bitoy Camacho |
 | Cris Villonco | - | Susan |
 | Aicelle Santos | - | Violet |
 | Nonie Buencamino | - | Manolo |
 | Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo | - | Pepang |
| Robert Arevalo | - | Don Perico |
 | Celeste Legaspi | - | Donya Loleng |
| Cara Manglapus | - | Patsy |
 | Zsa Zsa Padilla | - | Elsa Montes |
 | Rayver Cruz | - | Charlie Dacanay |
 | Ogie Alcasid | - | Pulis 1 |
 | Jojit Lorenzo | - | Pulis 2 |
It's part of the MMFF (Metro Manila Film Festival) 2017
It won Best Picture, Gat Puno Antonio J. Villegas Award, Best Actress for Joanna Ampill, Best Musical Score, Best Production Design, Special Jury Prize along with Ang Panday in the Metro Manila Film Festival 2017 Total awards of 6
The film reunites four players from the stage production of the musical. Zsa Zsa Padilla , Rachel Alejandro , Celeste Legaspi and Ricky Davao. Padilla and Alejandro have each played the role of Paula opposite Legaspi as Candida and Davao took the role of Tony Javier while in this adaptation, Padilla plays Elsa Montes, Alejandro reprises her role as Paula, Legaspi as Doña Loleng and Davao appears in a cameo scene as a drunkard near the start of the film.
This has been pulled out of cinemas but came back after succes and winning after 5 awards
Paolo Avelino's musical debut
Executively Produce by Rachel Alejandro who also stars in the film
Also participates in the TIFF ( Tokyo International Film Festival)
In this musical adaptation of Nick Joaquin 's play, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, the offered sum by the prospective American buyer for the titular portrait is 20,000 Philippine Pesos or 10,000 US Dollars while in the non-musical adaptation, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1965), it is 10,000 Pesos or 5,000 Dollars.
Though it features prominently in the story, the titular larawan ("portrait"), A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino is only vaguely shown throughout the film.
Saving Sally a film in the MMFF 2016, showed thier support for the film by saying "ANG LARAWAN is one of those rare Filipino films that we need to make a point to watch for the sake of diversity & encouraging producers to give us something different. The talent showcased in this film is immense." in thier Facebook Page.