Foster Child (2007 film)

Foster Childer
Directed by	Brillante Mendoza
Produced by	Robbie Tan
Written by	Ralston Jover
Starring	Cherry Pie Picache Kier Segismundo
Music by	Jerrold Tarog
Cinematography	Odessey Flores
Edited by	Charliebebs Goheta
Distributed by	Seiko Films
Release date	2007 (2007)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	English Tagalog Filipino

Foster Child, also known as John John, is a Filipino indie pregnancy drama film produced by Seiko Films, which stars Cherry Pie Picache as a temporary foster parent to an abandoned child. The film is directed by Brillante Mendoza.

Foster Child is Brillante Mendoza's fourth feature film, following Manoro (2006). Mendoza is the fourth Filipino director whose work was screened in the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes film fest.

Plot

Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are an urban poor family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption. The inevitable separation is heart-rending for the foster family.

Thelma's foster child John-John (Kier Segismundo) is to be turned over to his adoptive American parents. Every moment with the 3-year-old John-John becomes more precious as Thelma goes through the day fulfilling her motherly duties for the last time—bathing John-John, feeding him, and bringing him to school where the boy participates in a school presentation.

Cast

• Cherry Pie Picache as Thelma
• Kier Segismundo as John-John
• Eugene Domingo as Bianca
• Jiro Manio as Yuri
• Alwyn Uytingco as Gerald
• Dan Alvaro as Dado

Accolades

External links

• Foster Child on IMDb