Pieta (2023 film)

• Nora Aunor as Rebecca Bernabe, a blind elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease, who has trouble remembering her son.^[1] Aunor, who underwent surgery in 2010 after damaging her vocal cords, is noted for having sung the Kapampangan song "Atin Cu Pung Singsing" for the film. She insisted on including the song due to its relevance to the film story.^[2] Aunor wore a contact lens on her left eye to simulate a cataract for the role.^[1]
  • Angeli Bayani as young Rebecca^[3]
• Alfred Vargas as Isaac Bernabe, Rebecca's son. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of his father at the age of 16. After 18 years of imprisonment, Isaac was granted a pardon and reunited with his mother.^[3]
• Jaclyn Jose^[3] as Santi's mother
• Gina Alajar as Beth^[3]
• Alan Paule as Isaac's father^[3]
• Bembol Roco as Francis, Isaac's prisonmate.^[3]
• Ina Raymundo as Sarah
• Miggy Jimenez as Santi^[4]
• Tommy Alejandrino as Jonil^[5]

The development of Pieta was publicly announced as early as February 2023.^[6]

Pieta was produced under Alternative Vision Cinema and Noble Wolf.^[3] Adolfo Alix Jr. was the director with co-star Alfred Vargas also a producer. The film was derived from an original story by Alix,^[7] and not a remake of the 1983 film of the same name which had several adaptations.^[8] Jerry Gracio was the screenwriter.^[9]

Pieta was filmed in March 2023^[9] in less than ten days.^[10] The film is primarily set in a cornfield in Pampanga.^[1] By June 2023, the film is already in the post-production stage.^[10]

Pieta was initially projected to be released in May 2023, the month when Mother's Day falls.^[7] It was later submitted for the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival, which opened on December 23, 2023.^[11] However, Pieta was not accepted as an entry.^[4][8]

The film had a sneak screening as early as December 22, 2023^[1] and was given a limited release on December 23, 2023.^[12] Pieta is scheduled to have its theatrical release in the Philippines sometime around 2024.^[2]

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