Drama
Adela, a former radio personality, celebrates her 80th birthday. Alone, and without support, she longs for the family and stability of years gone by. Mundane events take on heightened meaning as Adela gauges her life against those of the sea of humanity. Adela is about the quiet moments in life that can fill us with either joy or sorrow.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Willenbrock
Shaft's Big Score!
Ang Kapitbahay
Red Rock West
Padre Burgos
Dirty Pretty Things
Santa Santita
Nightwatch
The Great Man Votes
Sanglaan
ICU Bed #7
Ang Huling Araw Ng Linggo
Atsay
Mano Po III: My Love
Manila Death Squad
Burlesk Queen Ngayon
Ilusyon
The Witness
A Love Story
Back to Bataan
SIMILAR MOVIES
Willenbrock
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 2005
Second-hand car sales man Willenbrock has everything that he could ever wish for. He is married, has two lovers, a cottage in the German city Grünen, and a BMW. Yet one day while at his cottage he gets mugged and his life is drastically changed. Little by little the world he once felt safe in falls apart around him.Shaft's Big Score!
IMDB 6 | Jun , 1972
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.Ang Kapitbahay
IMDB 1.5 | Jan , 2003
Paula and Edmund are peacefully married until she meets Nicanor, a composer who happens to be their neighbor. Edmund feels troubled after seeing Paula seeing interest in Nicanor. Could it be that Nicanor is the man who will destroy their lives?Red Rock West
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1993
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.Padre Burgos
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1949
This film reenacts the martyrdom of the Gomburza, high-lighting the events and occurrences prior to their execution. The movie focuses on the story of Fr. Jose Burgos and his involvement in the Cavite Mutiny of 1972.Dirty Pretty Things
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2002
An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.Santa Santita
IMDB 6 | Nov , 2004
After taking up with a charming cab driver, a wild and hedonistic teenage girl returns home to succeed her mother as a prayer woman.Nightwatch
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1997
A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.The Great Man Votes
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 1939
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.Sanglaan
IMDB 7.3 | Jul , 2009
Follows the lives of four different people, each linked to the other by the house of business. Olivia, owner of the establishment, yearns for her late husband and denies the onset of old age. She lives with her appraiser Amy, a romantic who is doing almost everything for love. Kanor serves as the pawnshop security guard. He holds Olivia in high esteem for letting him and his wife stay in the apartment above the shop. Kanor opens his house to boarder David, a seaman in transit.ICU Bed #7
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2005
Lolo Joseph, the stubborn and loud-mouthed patriarch, whose illness tears his two daughters Cely and Beth to make a decision whether to end or prolong his life.Ang Huling Araw Ng Linggo
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2006
Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo spans a week in a life of seven individuals with interconnected narratives.Atsay
IMDB 1 | Dec , 1978
Nelia leaves her poor town to work as a maid in the city. Perceived as a lower-class citizen, Nelia gets harsh treatment that she does not deserve from her employer. She toils day and night to fulfill the wishes of her family at the expense of working herself to death. Ultimately, it is also in the city where she discovers an opportunity to move to a better life in the arms of a lover.Mano Po III: My Love
IMDB 4.5 | Dec , 2004
Anti-crime crusader Lilia Chiong Yang seems to have everything a woman could want and need: a husband who pampers her; children whom any parent would be proud of; and the respect & admiration of the most powerful people in the land. But just as Lilia prepares for her 25th wedding anniversary celebration, a chance encounter in Thailand with her first love Michael throws Lilia's life into chaos. So begins the resumption of a relationship that threatens to unravel the delicate threads connecting Lilia to the other people in her life. - Written by regalfilmsManila Death Squad
IMDB 7 | Feb , 2017
An ambitious journalist challenges the leader of a violent vigilante group to a high-stakes drinking game that may score her a scoop or a bullet to the head.Burlesk Queen Ngayon
IMDB 1 | Sep , 1999
Her name is Angela and she’s a woman of the world. Daring and defiant, she works as a stripper in a night club to support her family. Her work, she thinks, has made her indiffirent to love. But the day comes when she meets the guy who makes her frigid heart beat again.Ilusyon
IMDB 1 | Jan , 2005
Set in Philippine post-American colonialist era, where the American influence was still apparent, Ilusyon tells the story of Miguel, a young man from the countryside, who decides to visit his father, Pablo, a Modernist painter in Manila. Upon his arrival, he discovers that his father has decided to leave for the province but he opted to stay in Manila for a vacation. One day, he meets Stella, a nude model originally scheduled to pose for Miguel's father. Struck by her beauty, Miguel does the unthinkable - he pretends to be his father the painter. Developing a relationship based on a lie, things turn for the worse as Stella begets a strange skin disease that turns off Miguel. Surrounded by strange characters - a talking cow, a talkative mailman and a nosy landlady - Miguel is driven into a frenzy realization about beauty, lust, love and being true to oneself. An ambiguous ending underlines the surreal tone of the film.The Witness
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2012
The Witness tells the story about the girl "Angel Williams" who is having nightmares about a boy who is commiting suicide. One day Angel is invited by her family to a dinner in their house because Angel is quite busy so she missed their family reunions. A unknown man appears on the house and killed her guards,maids,sister,mother and father. Leaving her as "The Witness".When she manage to escape while the killer is finding her,she was shot into her back. She survived and she must investigate the happenings several years ago.A Love Story
IMDB 4 | Aug , 2007
Ian Montes is a picture of success. Despite being a son of a shipping tycoon, Ian refused to just ride in his father's empire. He built his own real estate company and earned his first million at a very young age. He never looked back since then. Driven by his ambition to become better, if not as good as his father, Ian managed to make it on his own. But behind all the glory is a man yearning for love and recognition.Back to Bataan
IMDB 6 | May , 1945
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.