Jesuit historian Fr. Horacio dela Costa said that although we Filipinos are poor, we have two jewels I our treasure chect: our faith and our music. Laurice Guillen captures this truth in Tanging Yaman adding to the dimension of the family—for what is faith and music if not lived in community?
Separated by distance both physical and emotional, siblings Danny (Johnny Delgado), Art (Edu Manzano) and Grace (Dina Bonnevie) come together to settle a land dispute while their mother Dolores "Loleng" Rosales (Gloria Romero) succumbs to debilitating disease. Old resentments begin to surface, spilling over to the next generation, as they cope with Loleng's sickness and the tract of land left to them by their deceased father. Will a Mother's love and self-offering heal the wounds of the past or tear them farther apart?
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