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Milan (film)
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Milan is a 2004 romantic
film
released under Star Cinema
, ABS-CBN
film productions, in the Philippines
. It stars Claudine Barretto
and Piolo Pascual
. It's a love story written by Raymond Lee, and under Olivia Lamasan's direction. The movie almost reach 100 million earnings. (P98 million gross revenue)
) as he searches for his missing wife Mary Grace in Italy. He comes across Jenny (Claudine Barretto
), an imposing figure in the Filipino community of migrant workers, whose dreams of grandeur have clouded her need for personal relationships. In a desperate quest for game and survival, the two find refuge and affirmation in each other. What started as a mentor – protégé relationship, Lino and Jenny’s partnership evolves beautifully into a self-consuming love affair. Until these are put to a test. Reality bites as the land changes everything.
In the end, it matters not that Lino finds his wife for he has found himself. And alas, it matters not for Jenny that she sacrifices for love, for she has learned to give, in order to live again.
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
released under 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, 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...
. It stars 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:...
and Piolo Pascual
Piolo Pascual
Piolo Jose Pascual is a Filipino film and television actor, musician, model, and producer.-Biography:...
. It's a love story written by Raymond Lee, and under Olivia Lamasan's direction. The movie almost reach 100 million earnings. (P98 million gross revenue)
Synopsis
This story follows the journey of naive Lino (Piolo PascualPiolo Pascual
Piolo Jose Pascual is a Filipino film and television actor, musician, model, and producer.-Biography:...
) as he searches for his missing wife Mary Grace in Italy. He comes across Jenny (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:...
), an imposing figure in the Filipino community of migrant workers, whose dreams of grandeur have clouded her need for personal relationships. In a desperate quest for game and survival, the two find refuge and affirmation in each other. What started as a mentor – protégé relationship, Lino and Jenny’s partnership evolves beautifully into a self-consuming love affair. Until these are put to a test. Reality bites as the land changes everything.
In the end, it matters not that Lino finds his wife for he has found himself. And alas, it matters not for Jenny that she sacrifices for love, for she has learned to give, in order to live again.
Casts
- Claudine BarrettoClaudine BarrettoClaudine Margaret Castelo Barretto-Santiago , popularly known as Claudine Barretto, is a film and television actress in the Philippines.-Television roles:...
as Jenny - Piolo PascualPiolo PascualPiolo Jose Pascual is a Filipino film and television actor, musician, model, and producer.-Biography:...
as Lino - Iza CalzadoIza CalzadoIza Calzado is a Filipina actress, TV host, performer and model, working as one of GMA-7's contract artists.- Biography :...
as Mary Grace - Ilonah Jean as Vangie
- Ryan Eigenmann as Perry
- Lotlot De Leon as Ruth
- Ana Capri
Filming locations
- TuscanyTuscanyTuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
- FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
- Florence
- LombardyLombardyLombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
- MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
; ComoComoComo is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....
; BresciaBresciaBrescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...
- Milan
- Lazio
- RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
- Rome
- VenetoVenetoVeneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
- VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
- Venice
Awards and nominations
| Award | Category | Winner/Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAMAS Award | Best Actor | Piolo Pascual | Won |
| Best Actress | Claudine Barretto | Won | |
| Best Picture | Milan | Nominated | |
| FAP Awards, Philippines | Best Actress | Claudine Barretto | Won |
| Best Actor | Piolo Pascual | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Shayne Clemente | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Olivia M. Lamasan | Nominated | |
| Best Editing | Marya Ignacio | Nominated | |
| Best Picture | Milan | Nominated | |
| Best Production Design | Nuel C. Naval | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ryan Eigenmann | Nominated | |
| Gawad Urian Award | Best Editing | Marya Ignacio | Won |
| Best Actor | Piolo Pascual | Nominated | |
| Best Actress | Claudine Barretto | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Shayne Clemente | Nominated | |
| Best Direction | Olivia M. Lamasan | Nominated | |
| Best Picture | Milan | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay | Raymond Lee Olivia M. Lamasan |
Nominated |