Lea's Story

Lea's Story (1998)

Bata Bata Paano Ka Ginawa?

Child, how were you created?

A fiercely independent and unflinchingly candid woman connected with a women's crisis and survival center has to raise her two kids with different fathers. Her first husband has left her when their career options failed to converge. She is now stuck in an extramarital arrangement with another man who cannot bring himself to respect and commit to their quite unorthodox relationship.

Date of release
1998-08-26
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Drama
Director
Chito S. Roño

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Interesting facts

  • Based on: Bata, Bata… Pa'no Ka Ginawa?

Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa? is a novel written in Filipino by the female writer, Lualhati Bautista, released in 1988. Lea's Story centers around the life of Lea, a women's rights activist who struggles to raise her children as a single mother while working a demanding job at a women's crisis center. A film adaptation directed by Chito S. Roño was released in 1998.

Background

The novel is about the role of a woman, like its author, within Filipino society wherein males historically assumed more dominant roles. At one time, Filipina women would normally defer to their husbands and other men. The role of women was to raise children, perform household chores, and attend to the needs of their husbands. It was not customary for women to discuss political issues.

This is the subject discussed and revealed by Lualhati Bautista's novel which has 32 chapters. The work narrates the life of Lea, a working mother, who has two children – a young girl and a young boy. And for this reason, the novel depicts the society's view of women, how it is to be a mother, and how a mother executes this role through modern-day concepts of parenthood.

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