Movie No. 169 (2013): ANO ANG KULAY NG MGA NAKALIMUTANG PANGARAP?

Ano ang Kulay ng mga Nakalimutang Pangarap? (2013)
Director: Jose Javier Reyes
Cast: Rustica Carpio, Ryan Agoncillo, Jackie Lou Blanco, Bobby Andrews
In Tagalog, with English subtitles

This film reminded me of the passing pain and sadness that I felt while I was watching Vittorio De Sica's Umberto D. That film and this film are so straightforward in depicting how people, when they're old, become disposable.

In this film, three siblings face a dilemma after their mother died. Since all of them live abroad,  they will have to dispose of all the properties they inherited from their mother, including their nanny, Teresa, now an octagenarian. Teresa was their mother's nanny and confidante. She was also the siblings' nanny when they were kids. They inherited the nanny from their (now dead) mother. But the nanny believes that one of the siblings will take her abroad. After all, Teresa had always been regarded as family member.

This is one of the most heartbreaking films I've seen so far. It's heartbreaking without the melodrama. Rustica Carpio's Teresa is easily one of the best portrayals I've seen on screen. I saw characters who really did care but couldn't compromise. At some point, I was quite convinced that the movie was really about the conflicts between the siblings, and Teresa just so happened to be caught in the middle of it. And she would be the only casualty of the conflict.

Rating: 3.5/4.0

Date seen: September 13, 2013