I Carry the World

I Carry the World (1987)

Pasan ko ang Daigdig

Living in the slums, Lupe carries her disabled mother while begging outside the Manila Cathedral, before leveraging her singing talent to escape poverty and rise to stardom.

Date of release
1987-09-30
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (7)
Runtime
2h 8m
Genres
Romance, Drama, Music
Director
Lino Brocka

Casting

Interesting facts

Pasan Ko ang Daigdig is a 1987 Philippine drama film directed by Lino Brocka and written by Rene Villanueva and Orlando Nadres from a comics serial of the same name written by Pablo S. Gomez and serialized in Aliwan Komiks. It stars Sharon Cuneta, Loretta Marquez, and Tonton Gutierrez. It was the first time Brocka and Cuneta worked together on a movie.

Production

According to lead star Sharon Cuneta in an interview on Jeepney TV's Showbiz Pa More (hosted by DJ Jhai Ho), the crew took two weeks to shoot the scenes at Smokey Mountain. The production designers and make-up artists with whom the lead actress usually collaborated were changed by the film's director, Lino Brocka. Brocka picked James Cooper as Sharon's make-up artist and hair designer.

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