Crying Ladies

Crying Ladies
Directed byMark Meily
Written by
  • Melvin Lee
  • Tony Gloria
  • Francis Passion
  • Jeanne Lim
  • Jay Lozada
Screenplay byMark Meily
Based onBayad Luha
by Mark Meily
Produced by
  • Vincent Nebrida
  • Jun Reyes
  • Tony Gloria
Starring
CinematographyLee Meily
Edited byDanny Añonuevo
Music byVincent Abenojar De Jesus
Production
company
Distributed by
  • Unitel Pictures (Philippines)
  • Digital Media Rights (US)
Release dates
  • December 25, 2003 (2003-12-25) (Philippines)
  • February 20, 2004 (2004-02-20) (US)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryPhilippines
Languages
Box office₱70 million[1]

Crying Ladies is a 2003 Filipino comedy-drama film directed by Mark Meily based on his Palanca-winning screenplay Bayad Luha.[2] The film stars Sharon Cuneta as Stella, Hilda Koronel as Aling Doray, and Angel Aquino as Choleng, who are hired as professional funeral mourners by a wealthy Chinese-Filipino family in Manila's Chinatown, while they deal with their personal problems.

The film was released on December 25, 2003, in the Philippines as an entry to the 2003 Metro Manila Film Festival where it won five major awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Quizon, Best Supporting Actress for Koronel, and Best Child Performer for Pacheco. It was the Philippines' submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3]

  1. ^ Jr, Bayani San Diego (March 29, 2012). "Unitel's risk-taking pays off at the box office". Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Lo, Ricky (October 13, 2003). "Crying Ladies is Tony's 'gloria'". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "All The Filipino Entries to The Oscars Through The Years". Esquire Philippines. March 5, 2018. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2022.