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Once a Moth is a Philippin film of genre Drama with Nora Aunor

Once a Moth (1976)

Once a Moth
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Length 1h50
Genres Drama
Rating76% 3.8335653.8335653.8335653.8335653.833565

Minsa'y isang gamu-gamo, Once a Moth is a 1976 Filipino film. It concerns a Filipino nurse, Cora de la Cruz, who dreams of moving to America. When her brother is killed, her ideas change. The film criticises American military presence in the Philippines. It was entered in the 1976 Metro Manila Film Festival and won five awards at the 25th FAMAS Awards, including those for best picture, director and screenplay.

Synopsis

The de la Cruzes and the Santos are two lower-middle-class families who live in Pampanga. Cora de la Cruz is a nurse who dreams of living in the United States. Her papers are ready and she organises employment at an American hospital. She hopes to get a green card allowing her to stay, achieve immigrant status and then bring her family to America for a better life. Cora's mother and younger brother encourage her but her father, Ingkong, disagrees. He believes that moving to America is a betrayal of their country, typical of an old colonial mentality.

Actors

Nora Aunor
Jay Ilagan

(Bonifacio Santos)Perla Bautista

(Yolanda Santos)Gloria Sevilla

(Chedeng de la Cruz)Leo Martinez
And :
German Molina Moreno
Leopoldo Salcedo
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