Mano Po 2: My Home

On a rainy night, Antonio Chan was killed in his car during a random mugging. In his lifetime, Antonio sired children with three different women: Sol, the first wife, and non-Chinese; LuShui, Chinese wife that was arranged to Antonio; and Belinda Ke, the concubine who is of Filipino-Chinese descent. His death and funeral arrangements divide his children whose parents had had strained relations with each other, particularly between Sol and LuShui on one side and Belinda on the other. After Belinda's son, Erickson, allows his elder half-brother Lean to lead the funeral honors, she and her half-brother, Johnson, hatch a plan to pin the blame on Sol, making it appear that Antonio's death was premeditated by her.

Sol is arrested on murder charges, but Belinda's daughter Grace, who is sympathetic to her other relatives, investigates and finds out that the charges were trumped up and that Lean had been recognized by Antonio as his heir and left him an inheritance as an act of penance before his death. Johnson is arrested while Belinda escapes by denying involvement, but at the cost of his son Erickson, who commits suicide in front of her as a result of her domineering ways and the stress of the previous events. Sol and LuShui comfort and forgive a distraught Belinda, who is reconciled with them.

• Susan Roces as Sol Parco-Chan
• Kris Aquino as young Sol Parco-Chan
• Christopher de Leon as Antonio Chan
• Lorna Tolentino as Belinda Keh
• Zsa Zsa Padilla as LuShui Chou
• Judy Ann Santos as Grace Parco Chan
• Carmina Villaroel as Janet Chan-Cua
• Jay Manalo as Johnson Keh-Cua
• Cogie Domingo as Lean Parco Chan
• Richard Gutierrez as Erickson Keh-Chan
• Alessandra De Rossi as Ingrid Keh-Chan
• Karylle as Rose Chou Chan
• Chynna Ortaleza as Yna
• Angel Locsin as Melissa Ching
• Zoren Legaspi as Rodrigo
• Efren Reyes Jr. as Madiang
• Crispin Pineda as Fidel
• Raquel Villavicencio as Atty. Chiongbian
• Orestes Ojeda as Pio Andres
• Val Victa as Atty. Lester Que

While Susan Roces was the original choice to play the first wife, the Filipina Sol,[1] the role of the third wife was mired in controversy.[2] The contested role, the Chinese mestiza Belinda, was originally offered to Dina Bonnevie. However, Lolit Solis, manager to both Christopher de Leon and Lorna Tolentino, threatened to pull out her talents if the role was not given to Tolentino.[3] The role was ultimately given to Tolentino; Bonnevie, who would have played the role of the second wife, the Chinese immigrant LuShui, bowed out of the production citing that she would not fit the role of a pure Chinese character.[2] Zsa Zsa Padilla replaced Bonnevie in the film.

A famous line of Lu Shui (Zsa Zsa Padilla), "Ako, legal wife!", inspired the fourth Mano Po installment, Ako Legal Wife, which, like Mano Po 2, revolves around concubinage (albeit in a more comedic tone) and also stars Padilla as Chona. Jay Manalo also starred in the film as her husband Elton.

• Mano Po (Filipino film series)
• Mano Po
• Mano Po III: My Love
• Ako Legal Wife
• Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di
• Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po!
• Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love
• Mano Po 7: Tsinoy

• Mano Po 2: My Home at IMDb