Ligaw na Bulaklak | |
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Ang bawat kagandahan ay may kabayaran
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Genre | Drama, Soap opera, Teleserye |
Directed by | Andoy L. Ranay |
Starring |
Roxanne Guinoo Sid Lucero Ara Mina Marc Abaya |
Country of origin | Philippines |
Original language(s) | Filipino, Tagalog, English |
No. of episodes | 110 |
Release | |
Original network | ABS-CBN |
Original release | May 26 | – October 24, 2008
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Prinsesa ng Banyera |
Followed by | Pieta |
Ligaw na Bulaklak (literally Wild Flower) is an afternoon series of ABS-CBN based on 1957 film Mga Ligaw Na Bulaklak, replacing Prinsesa ng Banyera. It aired from May 26, 2008 to October 24, 2008.
The afternoon soap uses elements from the 1976 film which originally starred Alma Moreno and is also based on the story by Edgardo M Reyes.
It begins in the 1980s, a time considered to be the peak of horse race betting. Lea is the daughter of a gambling man named Dennis, (Nonie Buencamino), and his wife Marilyn (Jodi Sta. Maria). Marilyn is actually in love with Mon (Isko Moreno). When Lea contracts dengue, Dennis finds out that his daughter’s blood type does not match his own nor that Marilyn. This event triggers the changes in Lea’s life. When her mother dies thanks to her "suicide", Lea is left alone in a girls’ town. Lea blooms into a beautiful woman with the kind man Billy as her only best friend but Billy already has romantic feelings for Lea which he is yet to tell her, and by herself, she will search the truth about her life, her true love (Billy) and her real self. Lea’s decision to go back to the horse racetrack would be the start of her long and winding journey of many discoveries and revelations. Lea decides to look for her long lost family. Will she ever find her long lost family? Will Lea find Billy and get him back or would she go with Francis as his girlfriend?
Lea is a maid to a horse stable that she has a develop her skill: horse whisperer - to a champion horse. Lea ends up in a horse barn where she plays with a horse named Wild Orchid.
The theme music is "Buong Buhay Ko" (lit. My Whole Life) interpreted by Sam Milby.