Ako Legal Wife

Ako Legal Wife
Ako Legal Wife
Directed by	Joel Lamangan
Written by	Roy C. Iglesias; Lily Y. Monteverde;
Produced by	Lily Y. Monteverde
Starring	Zsa Zsa Padilla; Cherry Pie Picache; Rufa Mae Quinto; Jay Manalo;
Cinematography	Rolly Manuel
Edited by	Marya Ignacio
Music by	Vincent De Jesus
Production; company	Regal Multimedia Inc.
Distributed by	Regal Entertainment
Release date	December 25, 2005;
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino

Mano Po 4: Ako Legal Wife (Chinese: 合法妻; pinyin: Héfǎ qī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ha̍p-hoat-chhe) is a 2005 Filipino film. It was Regal Entertainment's entry for the 2005 Metro Manila Film Festival. The film focuses on the lives of the Chinese-Filipino community, but rather in a wackiest way unlike in the first 3 Mano Po installments which are used in a melodramatic way. It stars Jay Manalo, Zsa Zsa Padilla as Chona the Legal Wife, Cherry Pie Picache as Patty the Lucky Wife and Rufa Mae Quinto as Gloria the Latest Wife. The title is considered as the fourth installment of Mano Po and was based on the line of Zsa Zsa Padilla in the movie Mano Po 2: My Home, “Ako legal wife!” (literally “I am [the] legal wife!”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Aside from the other Mano Po films this film is the first comedy from the series since three of the films in the beginning centered on perplex drama

Synopsis[]

Elton Chiong is a businessman having three wives. Chona, a pure Chinese is his legal wife having three children, Hamilton who is a homosexual, Hibiscus and Anthurium; Patty, who is a Chinese with having a Visayan accent. She gives good luck to Elton, with their only son Nixon; and Gloria, a Filipino is Elton's mistress.

Cast[]

Jay Manalo as Elton Chiong
Zsa Zsa Padilla as Chona Gao-Chiong
Cherry Pie Picache as Patty Que-Chiong
Rufa Mae Quinto as Gloria Martinez
JC De Vera as Nixon Chiong
John Prats as Hamilton Chiong
Julianne Lee as Hibiscus Chiong
Ella Guevara as Anthurium Chiong
Bianca King as Trixia Sy
Pinky Amador as Elvie Rosales-Tan
Marissa Sanchez as Nancy Dy
Harvey Diez as Benito Co
Mon Confiado as Condo Sales Agent

Awards[]

At the 2005 Metro Manila Film Festival, Padilla took the award for Best Actress and Picache won the award for Best Supporting Actress.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ Seno, Alexandra A. (2 February 2006). "China's starring role in the Philippines". The New York Times.
^ "Zsa Zsa Padilla: The Dragon Lady". 6 January 2018.
^ "The predictable winners of the 2005 MMFF". 28 December 2005.

External links[]

Ako Legal Wife at IMDb

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[1] Seno, Alexandra A. (2 February 2006). "China's starring role in the Philippines". The New York Times.

[2] "Zsa Zsa Padilla: The Dragon Lady". 6 January 2018.

[3] "The predictable winners of the 2005 MMFF". 28 December 2005.

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