Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti

Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti lit The Story of Mabuti is a 2013 Filipino drama film and the official entry to the first CineFilipino Film Festival. Not to be confused with the Filipino literary classic by Genoveva EdrozaMatute, De Guzmans film is actually a morality tale about Mabuti, a faith healer who maintains a positive outlook in life despite her poverty. But that was until she found herself in a moral dilemma after accidentally finding a bag containing P5 million in cash that could bring an end to her familys problems.

Mabuti de la Cruz, is a 58yearold healer who lives in povertystricken Sitio Kasinggan in Nueva Vizcaya with her surly mother, Guyang Josephina Estabillo, luckless son Ompong Arnold Reyes, loveless daughter Angge Mara Lopez, and her four fatherless granddaughters. Although she came from the impoverished family, Mabuti still look up life in a positive way. Life is hard, but that doesnt stop the cashstrapped but cheerful grandmother from basking in the simple pleasures of barrio life. Life was always simple for Mabuti until an unexpected twist changed her perception and found herself in a moral dilemma.One day, Mabuti received a letter demanding payment for an overdue loan compels her to take the fivehour trip to the big city to ask for financial reprieve. Mabuti needed to mortgage their land when Ompong was going abroad to work. On her way back home, she met a friendly stranger named Nelia on the bus who entrusts a bag to her and runs off, only to be killed by the military. Mabuti was so confused of what happened but kept the bag that was entrusted to her. On the way home, she decided to take a peek on what was inside of the bag and to her surprised she saw bundles of money, that she has never seen before. Mabuti suffers a crisis of conscience after she comes upon a bag of moneymillions of pesos, at that. She is torn between surrendering it to the authorities and using it to solve the problems that her family faces. ........

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