Calvento Files The Movie

– This movie has two episodes depicted from investigative crime show. Each episode speaks of grotesque..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.20 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 9 Minutes
Release Year:
1997
Calvento Files The Movie (1997)

This movie has two episodes depicted from investigative crime show. Each episode speaks of grotesque deaths, betrayal, and the family members of the victims’ pursuit for justice. Episode 1 : Balintuwad It is the story of an epileptic fifteen-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted and later on drowned to death by a group of unknown men. As the rape-slay case comes to close, investigation reveals that the suspects are schoolteachers, who are expected to enhance a good future for children. Episode 2: Inay, May Momo, A young mother and her daughter’s nightmare begin when the husband is man-slaughtered by the mother’s other lover. The widowed wife files criminal case to imprison to killer however instead of surrendering the murderer chases down the mother and her distraught daughter to make them drop the charges against him.

Producing Country:
Genre:
Language:

Filipino, Tagalog

Director:

Michael De Mesa, Laurenti Dyogi

Writer:

Ricardo Lee (screenplay), Tony Calvento (based on an incident written by)

Main Actors:

Claudine Barretto, Rio Locsin, Diether Ocampo, Lito Pimentel

Plot:

Episode 1, Balintuwad, is the story of a fifteen-year-old epileptic girl who was gang-raped and drowned by her captors the night she sneaked out to watch her sister's prom. Eventually, the perpetrators are revealed to be schoolteachers, the very people who are supposed to safeguard children's welfare. Based on the true story of Valen Lanistosa of Dueñas, Iloilo. Episode 2, Inay, May Momo, tells the story of a young mother and her daughter who undergo a terrifying ordeal when the husband is hacked to death by the mother's spurned lover. The widow presses charges against the killer, but the killer hounds both the woman and her traumatized daughter in an attempt to scare them to dropping the charges against him.

Awards:

2 wins.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.9/10