Kailangan Kita a 2002 film in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 that tackles a beautiful love story shot in the province of Bicol

Bicol Region

The Bicol Region or Bicolandia is one of the 17 regions of the Philippines. Its regional center is Legazpi City...

. Claudine Barretto

Claudine Barretto

Claudine Margaret Castelo Barretto-Santiago , popularly known as Claudine Barretto, is a film and television actress in the Philippines.-Television roles:...

 plays the lead role Lena, a simple lady in the province and Aga Muhlach

Aga Muhlach

Ariel Aquino Muhlach , commonly known as Aga Muhlach, is a 2-time Gawad Urian and FAMAS award-winning Filipino actor and product endorser...

 as Carl a Filipino working in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

who made a visit in Bicol to fix his wedding with Lena's elder sister. This movie is under Rory Quintos' direction and produced by Star Cinema

Star Cinema

ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. , is the wholly owned film production subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation. It is the Philippines' largest film production, producing most of the highest grossing films in the Philippines.-1994:...

, ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN

ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...

 film productions.

Synopsis

New York-based celebrity chef Carl Diesta (Aga) is coming home to the Philippines after being away for seventeen long years to marry his fiancee, supermodel Chrissy Duran, in her hometown of Albay province in the Bicol region. With Chrissy still being held up somewhere in Europe for a photo shoot, Carl has to meet her family by himself and instantly impresses everyone except for Chrissy's father, Papay Rogelio. Here Carl gets to meet Chrissy's other sister - Lena (Claudine). Through Lena, Carl has now come to terms with his forcibly forgotten identity - both as a son and as a Filipino. Lena has also awaken a love in Carl that he has never felt before.

Cast

• Aga Muhlach
  Aga Muhlach
  Ariel Aquino Muhlach , commonly known as Aga Muhlach, is a 2-time Gawad Urian and FAMAS award-winning Filipino actor and product endorser...
  
   as Carl Diesta
• Claudine Barretto
  Claudine Barretto
  Claudine Margaret Castelo Barretto-Santiago , popularly known as Claudine Barretto, is a film and television actress in the Philippines.-Television roles:...
  
   as Elena "Lena" Duran
• Jose Mari Ayo
• Liza Lorena as Consuelo Duran
• Johnny Delgado as Rogelio Duran
• Dante Rivero
• Cris Villanueva
• Jericho Rosales
  Jericho Rosales
  Jericho Vibar Rosales, is a Filipino cinema and television actor, singer, and songwriter....
  
  
• Gerald Madrid
• Ces Quesada
• Farrah Florer
• Rocky Martinez
• Mads Nicolas
• John Achaval
• Alonso Dieza