Ipagpatawad Mo

Ipagpatawad Mo (1991)

It's easy to forgive... But it's hard to forget

A married couple who try to make their marriage work despite the fact that both of them are career-oriented and that there are tensions created by the prescence of their first-born child, Mike Jr., who turns out to have autism.

Date of release
1991-10-23
TMDB
9.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Action
Director
Laurice Guillen

Casting

Interesting facts

Ipagpatawad Mo is a 1991 Philippine family drama film directed by Laurice Guillen from a story and screenplay written by Olivia M. Lamasan. Starring Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon in their 16th film together, the film revolves around a couple who try their best to make their marriage work while they struggle with their firstborn who has autism. The film co-stars Charito Solis, Delia Razon, Bing Loyzaga, Amy Perez and Joonee Gamboa.

Production

ABS-CBN's resident writer and producer, Olivia Lamasan, was tasked by director Laurice Guillen to write a screenplay after the latter discovered her great efforts and contributions in rewriting the scripts, including Bala at Rosaryo with Humilde "Meek" Roxas.

The lead stars, Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon, prepared and tackled their roles as the parents of an autistic child by visiting a school for special needs, reading materials related to the subject matter, watching a film with the related themes, and speaking to the parents whose children have autism.

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