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Mano po III: My Love (2004)
Great performance by the leading Actors and Actresses.
The performances of Christopher De Leon and Vilma Santos are great. It's a great movie, the director made a good job. The flow of events and the pace of the story are nicely plotted. You won't feel unease when Michael Lim (Christopher) come back to Lilia Chiong (Vilma) and interfered with her "happy" married life. Compare to the passed 2 Mano Po movies, Mano Po 3 doesn't have enough Chinese tales, it can stand alone as a pure love story movie without involvement of Chinese culture.
In my personal opinion, if Christopher De Leon character was a pure Filipino, and if the reason why he was separated from Vilma was due to rejection from Vilma's Chinese parents, and Vilma was arranged-marriage "kai-siaw" to Paul (Jay Manalo), then this would be a better Chinese foundation as the background for Christopher and Vilma to met after 25 years.
It might not be a happy ending, but it was a rational ending given the circumstances of the events. This movie will definitely make you cry in the end.