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Lea's Story

Lea's Story

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Lea's Story

"Child, how were you created?"

1998

1h 49m

9.0(4 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A fiercely independent and unflinchingly candid woman connected with a women's crisis and survival center has to raise her two kids with different fathers. Her first husband has left her when their career options failed to converge. She is now stuck in an extramarital arrangement with another man who cannot bring himself to respect and commit to their quite unorthodox relationship.

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Production Companies

Star Cinema – ABS-CBN Film Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Vilma Santos

Vilma Santos

Lea Bustamante

Carlo Aquino

Carlo Aquino

Ojie

Serena Dalrymple

Serena Dalrymple

Maya

Ariel Rivera

Ariel Rivera

Raffy

Albert Martinez

Albert Martinez

Ding

Cherry Pie Picache

Cherry Pie Picache

Sr. Ann

Raymond Bagatsing

Raymond Bagatsing

Johnny

Angel Aquino

Angel Aquino

Elinor

Rosemarie Gil

Rosemarie Gil

Mrs. Zalameda

Dexter Doria

Dexter Doria

Mrs. Gatmaitan

Creative team

Directed by: Chito S. Roño
Written by: Lualhati Bautista
Produced by: Trina N. Dayrit
Malou N. Santos

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