Child of Sorrow (1956)

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Child of Sorrow is a 1956 Philippine crime drama-tragedy film directed by Lamberto V. Avellana from a story and screenplay written by Rolf Bayer, with Estrella Alfon and T. D. Agcaoili as story consultants. Set in the slums of Manila, recovering from the aftermath of the Second World War, the story follows Cita, a prostitute with good intentions and Vic, a war hero who served in the Korean War under PEFTOK, living together in the ravaged capital but when they were involved with Cardo's nasty plans, they, along with Father Fidel, join forces to stop him to succeed.

Production

Unlike most LVN productions of the time, Anak Dalita didn't contain a single singing or dancing performance because of its theme—poverty, and crime in post-war Manila—and because the lead stars of the film were minor box-office actors. The project was almost rejected by LVN Pictures founder and executive producer Narcisa de Leon, widely known as Doña Sisang, due to the said circumstances.

The film was shot in Intramuros. According to the recollections of the director's daughter, Ivi Avellana Cosio, her father used the existing locations as the setting of the film. For the part of the wooden houses, he and his team asked permission from the residents and house owners to use their residences as the setting for the characters, with the residents moving into nearby houses for the duration of the filming.

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