Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di

Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di
Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di
	Philippines poster
Directed by	Joel C. Lamangan
Screenplay by	Andrew Paredes; Dode Cruz;
Story by	Lily Y. Monteverde; Andrew Paredes; Dode Cruz; Abi Lam-Parayno;
Produced by	Lily Y. Monteverde; Roselle Monteverde-Teo;
Starring	Richard Gutierrez; Angel Locsin;
Cinematography	Charlie Peralta
Edited by	Marya Ignacio
Music by	Von de Guzman
Production; companies	Regal Films; Regal Multimedia;
Distributed by	Regal Films
Release date	December 25, 2006 (Philippines);
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino
Box office	₱19 million

Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di (also billed parenthetically as Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di (I Love You)) (simplified Chinese: 我爱你; traditional Chinese: 我愛你; pinyin: Wǒ ài nǐ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Góa-ài-di) is a 2006 Filipino romantic comedy-drama film starring Filipino actors Angel Locsin as Charity and Richard Gutierrez as Nathan. Nathan is a veterinarian with playboy tendencies who falls in love with Charity, a Chinese Filipino who always follows tradition. In order to woo not only Charity but also her family, Nathan tries to follow and adapt Chinese culture, but with hilarious results.

Unlike the earlier films in the series, Mano Po 5 is a romantic comedy-drama film.

The film stars Lorna Tolentino, Angel Locsin and Richard Gutierrez, which already starred together in Mano Po 2: My Home. Asia's Superstar and Star In A Million finalist Christian Bautista also appeared in his first film at the height of his successful musical career.

Premise[]

Charity (Angel Locsin), a member of a rich Chinese-Filipino family, was torn between traditional Chinese arranged marriage on a Malaysian-Chinese-Filipino celebrity Timothy Lam/Felix Yan (Christian Bautista), or her newfound love Dr. Nathan Ramirez (Richard Gutierrez), a pure Filipino.

Cast[]

Richard Gutierrez as Dr. Jonathan "Nathan" Ramirez, DVM
Angel Locsin as Charity Kho
Christian Bautista as Timothy Lam/Felix Yan
Lorna Tolentino as Yolanda "Yolly" Kho
Tirso Cruz III as Williamson "Willy" Kho
Ketchup Eusebio as Emerson Kho
AJ Dee as Anderson Kho
Boots Anson-Roa as Ama
Tony Mabesa as Ang Kong
Jaclyn Jose as Donita Yan
Gina Alajar as Mollie Ramirez

Production[]

The role of Yolanda Kho was originally supposed to be played by Dina Bonnevie. However, upon her return from the United States to shoot scenes for the then-upcoming teleserye Walang Kapalit, Bonnevie suffered bleeding induced by an ovarian cyst. Thus, she was replaced by Lorna Tolentino.^[1]

This marks the second time that Bonnevie was removed from the Mano Po, the first being Mano Po 2: My Home. In both instances, Bonnevie withdrew from the film and the characters she was set to portray both went to Lorna Tolentino.^[2]

Awards[]

Year	Award-Giving Body	Category	Recipient	Result
2006	Metro Manila Film Festival^[3]	Best Cinematography	Charlie Peralta	Won
		Best Production Design	Egay Littua	Won
		Best Musical Score	Von De Guzman	Won
		Best Sound Recording	Ditoy Aguila	Won
		1st Runner-up Best Float	Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di	Won

References[]

^ Erece, Dinno (7 November 2006). "Dina airs her side". PEP. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ Lo, Ricky (9 August 2003). "Dina airs her side". PhilStar Global. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "Metro Manila Film Festival (2006)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 April 2014.