Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa
| Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa | |
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| Directed by | Romy Suzara |
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| Story by | Shaira Mella Salvador |
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A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
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| Music by | Nonong Buencamino |
| Cinematography | Ely Cruz |
| Edited by | Edgardo Vinarao |
| Distributed by | Star Cinema |
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| Country | Philippines |
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Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa (Filipino: Sarah... The Little Princess) is a 1995 Filipino family-drama film adapted from the 1985 Nippon Animation anime, Princess Sarah, which in turn was based on the children's novel A Little Princess by British playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film was directed by Romy Suzara and starred Camille Prats as Sara Crewe,Angelica Panganiban as Becky and Jean Garcia as Ms. Minchin.
Sarah Crewe (Prats), who was born in India, is sent to a boarding school in England, leaving her life in India and her father, Captain Crewe (Ranillo III). Life is rather hard for Sarah, so he bought her a doll named Emily.
Sarah quickly became the center of attention at school and befriends almost all students, even the school's scullery maid, Becky (Panganiban). The rich yet selfish Lavinia Herbert (Pederson), who was once the most popular girl in school, grows jealous of Sarah.
Sarah is then informed during her birthday party that her father died in the war. Out of greed, Miss Minchin (García) locked Sarah away in the attic, taking her possessions and forcing her into servitude to make her earn her keep, telling people outside that the girl had disappeared. Upon the downfall of her perceived rival, a gloating Lavinia and her coterie of girls then torment Sarah and Becky.
In the end, her father's friend discovers that Sarah, the person they were searching for a very long time, just lives next door. eventually adopting the girl to repay her father's kindness of saving himself.
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