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I. Background of the Director

Direk Paulo Edrinal Tesico was born on September 15, 1982, and he was

married to Ruthiane Tesico !e once studied in this school " #ni$ersit% o& 'atan(as !e

took up 'achelor o& Science in )ass *ommunication !e is now workin( at The +i(ht

*inema as !P -nd he currentl% has an .ndie /ilm 0+i(aw he was the director,

screenwriter, &ilm editor, color (rade super$isor, sound desi(ner and cinemato(raph% in

this indie &ilm

II. Characters

A. Major Criselle (Melissa Ricks) she is the dau(hter o& Eleonor She e3perienced

bein( maltreated b% her &ake mother 4.n%an( She was raised b% her

(randmother to be a weak person and she became hopeless -nd at the a(e o&

9, she was raped b% her uncle which she belie$ed that the% are her brothers Inyang (Eva Darren) she was the mother o& Eleonor and the (randmother o&

*riselle and wi&e o& Ser%o, she pretended to be *riselle6s mother She was $er%

kind and (ood mother but a&ter eleonor became pre(nant and stopped on her

studies, .n%an( became $er% an(r% with her dau(hter She abandoned eleonor

and became e$il mother to *riselle eryo (Cris!in "ineda) he is the &ather o& Eleonor, wi&e o& .n%an( and he

pretended as the &ather o& *riselle !e is lo$able, attenti$e and $er% carin( &ather,

like .n%an( he was carried awa% b% his an(er because o& his rebellious dau(hter

who became pre(nant !e lost his bi( dream &or his dau(hter and he had a crisis

on his business !e alwa%s &ollowed his wi&e but sometimes, his kind heart &or his

(randdau(hter come out &irst


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Marry Ann (#iyas$in %eri) she is the close &riend and cousin o& *riselle She

is $er% cheer&ul and $er% carin( &riend She alwa%s read% to lean her shoulders to

*riselle and throu(h 7od she ser$es as the li(ht o& *riselle when *riselle was

under the darkness o& li&e Ro$$el (&e!!i Borro$eo) he is the brother o& eleonor and uncle o& *riselle

but pretended to be criselle6s brother 'ecause o& his manipulation and hi(h

ima(ination it led him to rape criselle -nd because o& blindness o& his doin(s he

will be used b% an e$il to be an instrument to destro% other li$es

B. Minor

'un (DM evilla) he is handsome, kind and lo$able !e owns the posohan(

i(iban n( na%on !e &ell in lo$e with criselle which he belie$ed that criselle also

lo$ed him !e is the &irst (u% that criselle used to destro% other li$es Rodel (Rico Barrera) he is bad bo%, leader o& &raternit% and a dru( user !e

has debt on Rommel and as a pa%ment &or it, Rommel commanded him to scare

*riselle -nd he planned to raped and kill criselle eresa (Cynthia Macaraig) mother o& )arr% ann and un"un and %oun(er

sister o& .n%an( She $er% lo$able auntie to criselle !er carin( &or criselle is

because o& compassion to her She is $er% close to 7od that6s wh% she alwa%s

thinkin( about the happiness o& a &amil%

"R. 'ess ( %anding 'osef) he is &ull o& kindness !e boldl% &i(hts a(ainst

darkness usin( the power o& 7od !e used b% 7od as an instruments to (a$e

&reedom to *riselle o matter how power&ul the e$il who controllin( criselle, he

still belie$in( that 7od is more power&ul than that e$il'un 'un ('ude Matthe* ervilla) he is the %oun(er brother o& )arr% -nn and

a cousin o& *riselle !e helped his sister marr% ann to (i$e li(ht to criselle Eleonor (%ene a$ayo) she is the dau(hter o& .n%an( and ser%o She (rew up

with somewhat hi(her &amil% in bar%o with the &ull lo$e &rom her parents She has


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a bi( dream on his li&e, she want to become law%er 'ut all o& the sudden she lost

her dreams because she was raped b% her uncle *elso, the %oun(er brother o&

her &ather Ser%o She e3perienced hardship on her entire li&e

Rudy and Miguel (Darren Es$ade and 'olo Atien+a) the% are the brother o&

Eleonor Rommel in&luenced them to &ollowed him in rappin( *riselle

III. u$$ary

The .ndie /ilm li(aw started with the &amil% o& eleonor talkin( about their dreams

a&ter Eleonor &inish her studies 'ut those dreams disappeared because eleonor

became pre(nant -nd it is the start o& *riselle6s complicated li&e

.n%an(, mother o& eleonor became $er% an(r% with the lost o& her dreams &or her

&amil% speciall% &or her dau(hter and she remo$ed eleonor on her li&e -&ter ($in( birth

to *riselle, eleonor lea$e her dau(hter to her parents because she decided to &imd a ob

in other places - %ear passed b% it seems that eleonor don6t ha$e an% intention to (et

her dau(hter that6s wh% in%an( and ka ser%o pretended to be *riselle6s Parents -t a

$er% %oun( a(e criselle e3perienced ph%sical abuse &rom her (randmother in%an( -nd

at the a(e o& 9, she was harassed and and e3perienced se3ual abuse &rom her uncle

Rommel, )i(uel and rud%, which she knew that the% are her brothers -nd then she met

her cousin un un and marr% ann who became her happiness

:hen *riselle (rew up and became women her real mother eleonor went back,

be((in( her &ather ser%o to help her .n this scene eleonor met her dau(hter and this is

the start o& rebellious li&e o& *riselle *rselle became $er% an(r% and want to re$en(e to

her &amil% because o& keepin( her real mother -nd she is thinkin( that she didn6t


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deser$e all the abuses that she (ot Then she met an e$il, who pushin( her to kill her

&amil% 'ecause o& the in&luence o& e$il, she used other people to destro% other people6s

li&e -nd because o& marr% ann, un un and pastor ess she (ot back her &aith in 7od an&

she learned &or(i$eness -nd in the end the% became united &aml%

I,. ,alues

-aith in od

The characters who depicted this $alue are )arr% -nn, *riselle and Rommel

:hen )arr% -nn disco$ered that *riselle is under the in&luence o& e$il power she went

to 7od and be((in( &or help *riselle &elt 7od when the e$il take re$en(e to criselle

because o& criselle6s promise to kill her &amil% that she didn6t succeeded, then there6s a

li(ht opens up to criselle which it is the presence o& 7od -nd &rom then, criselle started

to belie$e on 7od a(ain -nd Rommel &elt the presence o& 7od when he reali;ed that he

alread% doin( an e$il thin( -nd she went to Pastor


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:hen *riselle started to saw an e$il presence which . think it was a ps%cholo(icall%

and mentall% problem &or her -nd because o& that she alwa%s thinkin( on killin( her

&amil% and destro%s other li$es

Man vs ociety

:hen *riselle started to destro% other li&e, she made a step &or


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This indie &ilm +i(aw was well presented but . think it was much e3a((erated &or a

true stor% mo$ie . mean ha$in( a demon like that . can6t .ma(ine This mo$ie was $er%

shockin( and intense one 'ut o$er"all it was reall% (ood mo$ie, it re&lect the li&e o& a

women who stru((le and &ell in e$il power but learned to stand and &ou(ht and speciall%

she learned to (et back her &aith in 7od

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