Film Appreciation

Lunes, Agosto 1, 2011 @ 10:01 PM

Movie Review: Bahay Bata

BAHAY BATA

Directed by: Eduardo Roy Jr. and Jerome Zamora

The indie film Bahay Bata is the one I chose to watch for our Film Appreciation entry. I was curious about the title of the film so I chose to watch it. The first person that came into my mind that I wanted to watch with is my Mom. The first thing that came into my mind upon reading the title was giving birth or undergoing labor.

After watching the film I appreciated my Mom, more. Witnessing how painful it is to give birth and how hard it is to be a Mother. But the story doesn't focus on one aspect only, it also focuses on the social issues. Issues that are happening in real life. The movie illustrates how poor hospital facilities are, teenagers being a mother in such young years, nurses going abroad for a better salary, facilities and job. Sarah, portrayed by Ms. Diana Zubiri, a nurse in a public maternity hospital and she observes that women are going in and out of her ward, an overcrowded ward. It was the time of Christmas day it actually happened. She was planning to have dinner with her boyfriend whom later has a wife who called Sarah to tell her to stay away from Peter, portrayed as Yul Servo. They broke up on the eve of Christmas because Peter was guilty of what he has been doing to his family. Sarah was pregnant then and didn't know what to do with her baby upon seeing mothers giving birth at the hospital and how hard it is to handle child bearing.

I come to realize how hard it is to be a Mother. What sacrifices you must do just for your baby. And this scene is actually happening in real life. It goes to show that here in the Philippines we experience such pitiful scenes in places we see everyday. The part when one Mother is asking Sarah to extend her stay in the hospital strike me the most because she doesn't know where will they stay during Christmas and New Year's Eve, and her baby is still newly born. She cannot provide the needs of her baby and decided to leave the baby in the hospital and escape.

This film made me realize a lot of things. It made me appreciate my Mother, more. I know in the future I will be experiencing child birth and this movie served as a guide, an eye-opener for me that it's not that easy to give birth. One should be responsible and appreciate the significance of life as a mother. One should be ready.

Two Thumbs up for this movie :)

- Eliza B. Luces 202B - ABMC -

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