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Directed by | Wenn V. Deramas |
Produced by | Tess V. Fuentes Malou Santos |
Written by | Mel Mendoza Del Rosario Wenn Deramas Kriz Gazmen |
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Ai-Ai de las Alas Eugene Domingo Shaina Magdayao |
Music by | Jessie Lasaten |
Cinematography | Sherman So |
Edited by | Marya Ignacio |
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Distributed by | Star Cinema |
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105 minutes |
Country | Philippines |
Language | Tagalog |
Budget | ₱22 million |
Box office | ₱229.96 million |
Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat (lit: "The Only Mother To You All") is a 2008 Filipino comedy film starring Ai-Ai de las Alas and Eugene Domingo. It is the sequel to a 2003 comedy film Ang Tanging Ina. It was released on December 25, 2008 as Star Cinema's official entry to the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival. The film grossed a total of PHP 204 million and it used to be the all time box office hit in the Philippines until Star Cinema's You Changed My Life beat it. As of April 2009, it grossed ₱229.96 million pesos. Ai-Ai de las Alas reprises her role Ina Montecilio. It also stars Eugene Domingo as Rowena, Carlo Aquino as Tri, Alwyn Uytingco as Pip, Shaina Magdayao as Seven, Serena Dalrymple as Cate, Jiro Manio as Shammy and Yuuki Kadooka as Ten-Ten.
With the one, big, happy family that she has, any woman would admire Ina Montecillo (de las Alas) as the embodiment of a perfect mother. But after more than thiry years of doing everything for her family, she realises she has not done anything for herself. Ina then embarks on a journey of finding her self-worth that eventually lands her to ruling as President of the Philippines.
Ina revolutionises Philippine politics by departing from the traditional image of stoic and uptight leader, and introducing her own style of leadership as a hilarious and caring mother. She gains the trust and support of the Filipino people, but her popularity and immersion in politics changes her, earning her children's disdain. In the end, Ina has to make the hardest decision of her life: whether to continue as "mother of the nation" or return to being the mother of her own children.