Sukob
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Directed by | Chito S. Roño |
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Story by | Chito S. Roño |
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Cinematography | Eli Balce |
Edited by | Manet Dayrit |
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Distributed by | Star Cinema |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Philippines |
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Sukob (lit. 'Huddle'), also known as The Wedding Curse, is a 2006 Filipino supernatural horror film directed by Chito S. Roño and starring Kris Aquino and Claudine Barretto. Sukob was considered as the highest-grossing Filipino film of all-time earning ₱203 million, until 2009 when it was surpassed by the romance film You Changed My Life. The film's premise is based on a Filipino superstition sukob in which one should not get married within the same year an immediate relative dies or marries.[2]
Plot
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Sandy and Dale decide to seek help from Joya and they learn from Gilda, Dale's mother, that Paola is headed to
Fed up with her husband's infidelity, Tessie storms out of the house and drives off, but a car driven by a drunk driver knocks down a construction site, killing Tessie and leaving behind Sandy's cord in place of her body. The next day after driving Paola and Joya back to their house, Sandy and Dale arrived at Bibiclat to find the former's half-sister. But as they rest at a hotel, Sandy leaves the key to their room and leaves Dale trapped inside where he is claimed by the spirit with the Unity candle. The spirit then pursues Diana and Grace who attempt to leave town and claims Grace who is taken away by her mother's apparition at the roadside. Sandy and Diana, who are now the last remaining victims, meet each other after the curse follows them to the police station where they drop by and are lured by the spirit before they later recognize themselves as sisters during their conversation en route. Acquiring the paraphernalia from Diana's wedding that the curse blighted on, she and Sandy arrive at the hermit's hut to burn them at a ritual but the spirit attacks the hermit after which the sisters escape with the arrhae. Retreating back to town during the Taong Putik Festival, Sandy and Diana go to the church where the latter was wed. Cornered at the top of the belfry, Sandy attempts to crush the arrhae but the spirit arrives and has hers from her wedding. As the curse attempts to take Diana's child, Sandy stops the spirit and falls from the belfry to her death, sacrificing herself to spare her half-sister and end the curse.
Diana reunites with their father who arrives to reconcile with her after mourning Sandy's death, guilty for his actions that have constrained his family and Claudia. Arriving back home with his daughter to accompany him, the curse now lingers on Fred as he is haunted by Tessie and Sandy's ghosts who arrive at his house to claim him.
Cast
- Kris Aquino as Sandy
- Claudine Barretto as Diana
- Wendell Ramos as Dale
- Boots Anson-Roa as Tessie
- Ronaldo Valdez† as Fred
- Bernard Palanca as Brian
- Liza Lorena as Gilda
- Maja Salvador as Joya
- Raquel Villavicencio as Belen
- Jhong Hilario as Erning
- Glaiza de Castro as Grace
- Maurene Mauricio as Paola
- Ku Aquino as Mang Cesar
- Mon Confiado as Driver
- Renee Summer as Edith
- Louie Anderson as Betsy
- Loida Manuel as Ghostly Flower Girl
- Soliman Cruz as Man on Carabao
- Cris Daluz as Dante
International release
Sukob (The Wedding Curse) was released in the United States in eight theaters. It earned $300,454.
Reception
The film was a critical and commercial success. The film grossed more than ₱100 million in its first week.[3] It earned ₱186.41 million domestically and ₱203 million worldwide.[4]
It was lampooned in the parody film Pasukob, where the storyline is twisted in comedic flair,[5] and in the movie Sisterakas, which contains a scene where Kris Aquino's character is pranked by a ghostly figure warning that her marriage is cursed, to which she replies that her marriage is already annulled, a reference to Aquino's real-life marital history.
Awards and recognitions
- 1st Gawad Genio Awards (The Annual Critics' Academy Film Desk)
- Best Film sound engineer: Albert Michael Idioma
- Blockbuster Film: Sukob
- Blockbuster Film Director: Chito S. Rono
- Blockbuster Film Actress: Claudine barretto and Kris Aquino
- Blockbuster Film Actor: Wendell Ramos
- Blockbuster Film Producer: Star Cinema - ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc.
See also
References
- ^ "Sukob at Box Office Mojo". Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ Sukob - Filipino Wedding Superstition
- ^ "Snafu". www.philstar.com. July 27, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ^ "10 things you should know about Kris Aquino". www.philstar.com. October 2, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ^ Jocelyn Dimaculangan (November 21, 2007). "Ai-Ai delas Alas and Rufa Mae Quinto topbill horror-comedy "Pasukob"". PEP.ph.