Bakit May Kahapon Pa?

Bakit May Kahapon Pa?
Bakit May Kahapon Pa?
	Home Video Cover of Bakit May Kahapon Pa?
Directed by	Joel Lamangan
Screenplay by	Roy Iglesias; Julius Alfonso;
Story by	Roy Iglesias
Produced by	Vic del Rosario Jr.; Regina Dee;
Starring	Nora Aunor; Eddie Garcia; Dawn Zulueta;
Cinematography	Romeo Vitug
Edited by	Jess Navarro
Music by	Jessie Lasaten
Production; companies	Viva Films; IAM Productions;
Distributed by	Viva Films
Release date	18 September 1996 (Philippines);
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino

Bakit may Kahapon Pa? (Why Is There a Yesterday?) is a 1996 Filipino drama film directed by Joel Lamangan. It is about a village girl who is mysteriously spared when a platoon of soldiers led by Colonel Valderamma (Garcia) massacres her family along with peasants accused of sympathizing with the communists. When the girl has grown up, her body has healed but her mind is yet to recover from the horrible experience. She continues to thirst for revenge and crafts a scheme to exact retribution. She eyes the head of the military mission who instigated the carnage that she survived. He is now a well-admired retiring general who is about to cap his career with the service's highest honors.^[1]^[2]

Bakit May Kahapon Pa? is a movie that gave its lead star, Nora Aunor her second international acting award from 1st East Asia Film and Television Award (Malaysia).^[3]

Cast[]

Nora Aunor ... Helen Morda / Karina Salvacion
Eddie Garcia ... Gen. Valderama
Dawn Zulueta ... Doña Leandra "Lea" Valderama
Melisse Santiago ... Mumay
Sarah Jane Abad ... Young Helen
Rolando Tinio ... Priest
Daniel Fernando ... Mulong

Reviews[]

"Bakit May Kahapon Pa? is heavy in flashback, it is almost where the entire film hangs its dramatic tension, but once you see Ate Guy with a gun, running with the loose screws of her head like a loony action star, isn’t that already enough fun for a two-hour film?"^[4] - Richard Bolisay, film blogger
"The filmmakers are able to use and integrate creatively the various elements of the cinema - screenplay, production design, direction, acting, cinematography, editing, music, and sound. It reflects the creative integration of the various elements of cinema to an eminent degree. Its screenplay is effective; it explores significant subject matter of experience and conceives this with originality according to the particular demands of the film medium. The Cinematography is considered effective too; it successfully visualizes content through lighting, composition, movement, and related camera techniques, can't you see that "Bakit May Kahapon Pa?" is just a perfect movie?"^[5]

Awards and recognition[]

Year	Group	Category	Nominee	Result
1996	1st East Asia Film and Television Award (Malaysia)^[6]	Best Actress	Nora Aunor	Won
1997	Cairo International Film Festival	Golden Pyramid		Nominated
	Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards (FAMAS)	Best Actor	Eddie Garcia	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Dawn Zulueta	Won
		Best Story	Roy C. Iglesias	Won
		Best Screenplay	Roy C. Iglesias Julius Alfonso	Won
	Gawad Urian Awards (Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino)	Best Actress	Nora Aunor	Won
		Best Cinematography	Romeo Vitug	Won
		Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Director	Joel Lamangan	Nominated
		Best Actor	Eddie Garcia	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Dawn Zulueta	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Roy C. Iglesias Julius Alfonso	Nominated
		Best Sound	Ramon Reyes	Nominated
		Best Editing	Jess Navarro	Nominated
	Luna Awards (Film Academy of the Philippines)	Best Picture		Nominated
	Star Awards for Movies (Philippine Movie Press Club)	Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Actress	Nora Aunor	Nominated
		Best Actor	Eddie Garcia	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Melisse Santiago	Nominated
		Best Director	Joel Lamangan	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Roy C. Iglesias Julius Alfonso	Nominated
		Best in Sound	Ramon Reyes	Nominated
		Best in Editing	Jess Navarro	Nominated
	Young Critics Circle	Best Performance by Male or Female, Adult or Child, Individual or Ensemble in Leading or Supporting Role	Nora Aunor	Nominated

List of Film Festivals competed or Exhibited[]

1997 Bakit May - 1st East Asian Film and TV Festival Penang, Malaysia, Aug. 28-Sept. 3. (Competition Film)
- Winner, Golden Pearl Award for Best Actress (Nora Aunor)*
1997 - Fukuoka International Film Festival, Feature Film: Excellent Films of Asia, September 12–21
1997 - Cairo International Film Festival Cairo, Egypt, Competition Film, December 1–15
1995 - 2nd Asian Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan,
1998 - International Film Festival of India New Delhi, India, Competition Film, January 10–20
1998 - Brussels International Independent Film Festival, Competition Film

References[]

^ "Nora Aunor Filmography". Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
^ "Bakit May Kahapon Pa". Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
^ "PENANG'S 1st EAST ASIA FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL". Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
^ "Hands Clean in Joel Lamangan's Bakit May Kahapon Pa? (1996)". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
^ "Bakit may kapahon pa? reviews". Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
^ "B R Chopra bags Pearl Legend award". Archived from the original on 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

External links[]

Why Is There a Yesterday? at IMDb

[1] "Nora Aunor Filmography". Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

[2] "Bakit May Kahapon Pa". Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

[3] "PENANG'S 1st EAST ASIA FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL". Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

[4] "Hands Clean in Joel Lamangan's Bakit May Kahapon Pa? (1996)". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

[5] "Bakit may kapahon pa? reviews". Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

[6] "B R Chopra bags Pearl Legend award". Archived from the original on 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

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