Himala (1982)

Directors

Ishmael Bernal

Cast

Nora Aunor, Spanky Manikan, Gigi Dueñas, Laura Centeno

The story

The small town of Cupang, located in an arid landscape, is suffering from a drought which the townsfolk believe is a curse, divine retribution placed upon them for driving away a leper years before. During a solar eclipse, a girl named Elsa reports seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary near a dried tree atop a barren hill, where her adoptive mother Salíng found her as a baby. The local priest interrogates and doubts her, but Elsa soon after engages in faith healing for the residents.

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