Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di

Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di (also billed parenthetically as Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di (I Love You)) (Philippine Hokkien Chinese: 我愛汝; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Góa ài lí; lit. 'I love you') is a 2006 Filipino romantic comedy-drama film produced by Regal Entertainment and the fifth installment of the Mano Po film series) It stars Angel Locsin and Richard Gutierrez as Charity and Nathan respectively. Nathan, a veterinarian with playboy tendencies falls in love with Charity, a Chinese Filipino who always follows tradition. In order to woo not only Charity but also her family, Nathan tries to follow and adapt Chinese culture, but with hilarious results.

Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di
Film poster
Directed byJoel C. Lamangan
Screenplay by
  • Andrew Paredes
  • Dode Cruz
Story by
Produced by
  • Lily Y. Monteverde
Starring
CinematographyCharlie Peralta
Edited byMarya Ignacio
Music byVon de Guzman
Production
companies
Distributed byRegal Films
Release date
Running time
122 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino
Box office₱19 million

Unlike the earlier films in the series, Mano Po 5 also has comedic elements from the previous film.

The film stars Lorna Tolentino, Angel Locsin and Richard Gutierrez, which already starred together in Mano Po 2: My Home. Asia's Superstar and Star In A Million finalist Christian Bautista also appeared in his first film at the height of his successful musical career.

Premise

Charity (Angel Locsin), a member of a rich Chinese Filipino family, is torn between traditional Chinese arranged marriage with a Malaysian-Chinese-Filipino celebrity, Timothy Lam/Felix Yan (Christian Bautista), or her newfound love Dr. Nathan Ramirez (Richard Gutierrez), an average Austronesian/Mestizo Filipino who works as a veterinarian.

Cast

Production

The role of Yolanda Kho was originally supposed to be played by Dina Bonnevie. However, upon her return from the United States to shoot scenes for the then-upcoming teleserye Walang Kapalit, Bonnevie suffered bleeding induced by an ovarian cyst. Thus, she was replaced by Lorna Tolentino.[1]

This marks the second time that Bonnevie was removed from the Mano Po, the first being Mano Po 2: My Home. In both instances, Bonnevie withdrew from the film and the characters she was set to portray both went to Lorna Tolentino.[2]

Awards
Year Award-Giving Body Category Recipient Result
2006 Metro Manila Film Festival[3] Best Cinematography Charlie Peralta Won
Best Production Design Egay Littua Won
Best Musical Score Von De Guzman Won
Best Sound Recording Ditoy Aguila Won
1st Runner-up Best Float Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di Won

See also

References
  1. Erece, Dinno (November 7, 2006). "Dina airs her side". PEP. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  2. Lo, Ricky (August 9, 2003). "Dina airs her side". PhilStar Global. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  3. "Metro Manila Film Festival (2006)". IMDb. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
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