More people can finally watch the Guinness World Record holder movie, Felix Manalo, as PBO, one of the most widely distributed pay TV channels all over the country, has acquired the rights to broadcast it starting this month.
The acquisition of this remarkable film is just but fitting since PBO has been home to countless blockbuster movies for the past 13 years.
Winner of the Best Picture Award at the FAMAS, and hailed as Movie of the Year at the 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Movies, Felix Manalo takes a closer look at the life of Iglesia Ni Cristo’s highly esteemed founder.
The challenges he encountered while on a spiritual quest, his romance and marriage with Honorata de Guzman, everything that led to the ultimate foundation of INC in 1914, and even beyond –this epic film reveals them all.
For his portrayal of the title role, Dennis Trillo won Best Actor at the FAMAS Awards, and Movie Actor of the Year at the PMPC Star Awards for Movies. Bela Padilla received a FAMAS Best Actress nomination for her role as the wife, Honorata. The cast is filled with character actors, such as Gabby Concepcion, Mylene Dizon, Jaclyn Jose, Lorna Tolentino, Joel Torre, Phillip Salvador, Alice Dixson, Snooky Serna, Heart Evangelista, and many more.
Felix Manalo also won the following awards: FAMAS Best Director and PMPC Movie Director of the Year (Joel Lamangan), FAMAS Best Screenplay (Bienvenido Santiago), FAMAS Best Theme Song and PMPC Movie Original Theme Song of the Year, (“Ang Sugo ng Diyos sa mga Huling Araw”), and PMPC Movie Designer of the Year (Edgar Martin Littaua, Joel Bilbao, and Danny Red).