Madrasta

Madrasta Stepmother is a 1996 Filipino movie directed by Olivia Lamasan starring Sharon Cuneta and Christopher De Leon. The family drama clinched the Megastar a Grandslam Best Actress honor, garnering best actress recognition from all major awardgiving bodies in the Philippines, while its strong showing at the boxoffice conferred to Sharon, another BoxOffice Queen award. The Star Cinema produced drama was Sharons first movie outside her home studio of more than twenty years, Viva Films. Madrasta had its Asian TV screening via the movie channel Cinemax.

The loving and nurturing Mariel Sharon Cuneta marries Edward Christopher De Leon after his first wife abandons him and took responsibility as a mother to his three children Claudine Barretto, Patrick Garcia and Camille Prats. Mariel strives to win the acceptance and affection of her new stepchildren, even as she tries to define her role in the family she is still just a stepmother no matter what and she must learn how to cope and be a part of their lives. Directed by Olivia M. Lamasan, this provocative film explores issues of love, trust and what it means to be a family.

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