The independent film I watched for Cinemalaya is Bahay bata (baby factory) directed by by Eduardo W. Roy, Jr. and Jerome Zamora. I was with my friends Michaela Berenguer and Tiffany De Jesus, for we had a long break that time and decided to watch the film instead. So we headed to CCP witness the film. I was curious about the movie and what it really is about. I was anticipating it to be about babies because the title says so. :)
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| my ticket! ^_^ |
After watching the film, I realized just how hard it is to be a mother. The movie entails that being a mother isn’t an easy job at all. But more than that, the movie depict different social issues. I was observing that these issues are really happening in real life, and seems to be realistic. The movie illustrates; rise of teenage pregnancy, poor hospital facilities, Filipino’s going abroad and overpopulation. Sarah, a nurse at a public maternity hospital portrayed by Diana Zubiri saw and experienced these issues while suffering with her own pains being pregnant as well. The movie somehow shows poverty in the course of the film and goes to show that many Filipino’s experiences these in real life. What was very striking for me is that a mother even left her baby in the hospital knowing that she can’t provide her needs of her child and that would be best for the child to be in the hospital instead.
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| "Bahay Bata" movie poster |
The movie served as an eye-opener for me. Especially being a woman myself, for I know that I would be dealing with these hardships at some point in time. I was awakened by the sad truth that there are a lot of mothers that take pregnancy for granted and doesn’t see the significance of being a mother. I really liked the film for I became awareof a lot of things, things that I would always learn by heart.
written by: Charmaine Marie Perillo
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