Kailangan Kita

Kailangan Kita
Kailangan Kita
	Official movie poster
Directed by	Rory B. Quintos
Screenplay by	Shaira Mella Salvador; Moira Lang;
Story by	Shaira Mella Salvador; Moira Lang; Emman dela Cruz;
Produced by	Charo Santos-Concio; Malou N. Santos;
Starring	Aga Muhlach; Claudine Barretto;
Cinematography	Shayne Sarte Clemente
Edited by	Marya Ignacio
Music by	Jessie Lasaten
Production; company	Star Cinema
Distributed by	ABS-CBN Film Productions
Release date	November 6, 2002;
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino
Box office	₱100,000,756.00

Kailangan Kita (lit. 'I Need You') is a 2002 Filipino romantic drama film directed by Rory B. Quintos and written by Shaira Mella Salvador and Moira Lang^[a], from a story by Salvador, Lang, and Emman dela Cruz. Set in the province of Albay, it stars Claudine Barretto who plays Lena, a simple lady in the province, and Aga Muhlach as Carl, a Filipino working in the United States who visited Albay to fix his wedding with Lena's elder sister.

Produced and distributed by ABS-CBN Film Productions, the film was theatrically released on November 6, 2002. This is the first film to feature Claudine Barretto without her on-screen partner Rico Yan, who died eight months earlier, as Claudine remained in Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan.

Synopsis

New York-based celebrity chef Carl Diesta is coming home to the Philippines after being away for seventeen long years to marry his fiancée, supermodel Chrissy Duran, in her hometown of Albay province. 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. Through Lena, Carl has now come to terms with his forcibly forgotten identity - both as a son and as a Filipino. Lena has also awakened a love in Carl that he has never felt before.

Cast

Aga Muhlach as Carl "Caloy" Diesta
Claudine Barretto as Elena "Lena" Duran
Jericho Rosales as Abel
Johnny Delgado as Rogelio Duran
Liza Lorena as Consuelo Duran
Dante Rivero as Ka Pinong (Carl's Father)
Cris Villanueva as Father Ruben
Gerald Madrid as Mario
Rissa Mananquil-Samson as Crissy Duran
Ces Quesada as Lucci Dellosa
Igi Boy Flores as Buboy Duran
Farrah Florer as Sylvia
Mads Nicolas as Elvie Mirandilla
Cholo Escaño as Sonny Duran
Nicole Judalena as Giselle Duran
Idda Yaneza as Martha
Cyrus Balingit as Henry

Music

Sa Kabukiran - Freddie Aguilar
Kailangan Kita - Gary Valenciano

Notes

1 2 Credited as Raymond Lee; Lee became Moira Lang in 2013.

References

↑ YES! Magazine's 20 Stars Who Ruled the Decade, May 2010

External links

Kailangan Kita at IMDb

[Lang-1] 1 2 Credited as Raymond Lee; Lee became Moira Lang in 2013.

[2] YES! Magazine's 20 Stars Who Ruled the Decade, May 2010

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