Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat (lit.'"The Only Mother to All of You"') is a 2008 Filipino comedy film directed by Wenn V. Deramas and starring Ai-Ai delas Alas and Eugene Domingo. It is the sequel to a 2003 comedy film Ang Tanging Ina. It was released on December 25, 2008, as Star Cinema's official entry to the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival.[1] The film also follows a 77-episode sitcom continuation, Ang Tanging Ina: The TV Series that ran from August 2003 to January 2005, with several plot developments that occurred in the series, such as the death of Ina's fourth husband Eddie (Dennis Padilla) and Ina giving birth to twins, being carried over to the rest of the films.
The film grossed a total of PHP 204 million and was the all time box office hit in the Philippines until Star Cinema's You Changed My Life beat it. As of April 2009, it grossed ₱229.96 million pesos.[2] Ai-Ai delas Alas reprises her role Ina Montecilio. It also stars Eugene Domingo as Rowena, Carlo Aquino as Tri, Alwyn Uytingco as Pip, Shaina Magdayao as Seven, Serena Dalrymple as Cate, Jiro Manio as Shammy and Yuuki Kadooka as Ten-Ten.[3][4]
Plot
Five years after mourning her fourth husband Eddie, Ina Montecillo and her best friend Rowena work as stunt doubles for a film directed by her former employer, Bruno. Four of Ina's children are Overseas Filipinos: her eldest, Juan, migrates to New Zealand with his girlfriend Jenny; Tudis settles in Canada, meeting her future husband, a house painter; Portia (Por) breaks up with Jeffrey and moves to India to join the Global Missionaries of Asia (GMA); and Sixto migrates to the United Kingdom to work as a nurse.
Of Ina's eight remaining children, Tri is a law student by day and a call centre supervisor at night. Pip, her gay son, is still pursuing his dream of entering show business but mistakenly queues for a rice distribution program called Pila ng Bigasang Bayan instead of auditions for Pinoy Big Brother. Seven is responsible for her younger siblings and household chores. Cate maintains her dignity and stops everything. Shammy gets into trouble instead of studying but shows potential to be a businessman. Ten-ten, her deaf-mute son, is very quiet, while her twin daughters Connie and Sweet are quite naughty. Ina runs a restaurant, which goes bankrupt due to Rowena's gluttony.
On her 46th birthday, Ina prepares a surprise for her children, but none of them remember. Determined to improve her life, she enrolls in university as a working student and takes on various odd jobs. First, she works as a waitress but gets fired for removing her uniform in front of patrons due to the heat. She then tries working in an ice plant but resigns after a visit from Rowena. Despite these challenges, she continues her studies.
Rowena and Ina go to Malacañang seeking employment. They misunderstand the positions of governess and chambermaid, thinking they mean governor and chandelier selector, respectively, and end up working as maids. They catch a glimpse of President Hillary Dafalong but are stopped by the Presidential Security Group. After several failed attempts to speak with her, Ina overhears Vice-President Bill Bilyones plotting to assassinate Dafalong. At a public function, Ina and Rowena try to warn the President but fail, and Dafalong is killed. Ina exposes Bilyones, leading to a snap election in which he loses to Ina by a landslide.
Settling into her role as President, Ina initially makes missteps like implementing extended night classes for children. She later improves things by arresting traffic violators, using vacant land for rice production, and securing the nation's oil supply by teaching Arab leaders a rain dance. However, her family relations become strained. Tri gets involved in bad company and anomalous dealings, Pip stars in indecent films, and Ina unknowingly signs a contract to set up a gambling den near Shammy's school. Her twins, Sweet and Connie, are kidnapped by terrorists after trying to run away. They eventually rescue the girls and subdue the terrorists. Realizing the value of her family, Ina decides to resign and hands over power to her vice president, Ren Constantino.
On her 47th birthday, Ina wakes up believing her family has forgotten again. However, they surprise her with a party, also making up for missing her 46th birthday. In the end credits, President Constantino walks through Malacañang, viewing portraits of past presidents. The last portrait features Ina as President, surrounded by her family.
Cast
Ina Montecillo (Ai-Ai delas Alas): Ina is the mother of Juan, Tudis, Tri, Por, Pip, Six, Seven, Cate, Shammy, Ten-ten, Connie, and Sweet. She is Rowena's best friend. She loves her children very much, even working several jobs to support them including being a maid in the Palace. She accedes as the sixteenth President of the Philippines after uncovering Vice-President Billiones' role in the murder of President Dafalong and defeating him in the ensuing snap election. As she faces several problems with the Philippine economy, she her family's relationships also begin to erode. In the end, she resigns the presidency, and returns to caring for her family.
Rowena (Eugene Domingo): Rowena is Ina's best friend. She is very supportive of her, and will do anything to make Ina happy. She was also appointed by Ina as Presidential Spokesperson.
Dimitri "Tri" Montecillo (Carlo Aquino): Tri is Ina's third child. He is a university student reading law. Angry that his mother refuses to let him assist her in policy and decree implementation, he joins the opposition wing of the government. In the end, Ina forgives him as he severs his ties with the opposition.
Tirso "Pip" Montecillo (Alwyn Uytingco): Pip is Ina's fifth child. Openly homosexual, Pip is in love with a fellow film actor, with whom he is videotaped flirting with in a cinema; the video is later leaked and causes a scandal. Later on, he discovers that a frustrated Tri had joined the opposition against their mother's government. In the end, Ina forgives him for the video scandal.
Severina "Seven" Montecillo (Shaina Magdayao): Seven is Ina's seventh child. An intelligent girl, she is viewed as "the responsible child", replacing her older sister Tudis' role in the family and Por's role as Jeffrey's girlfriend. When her mother discovers their relationship, she initially separates them, only allowing them to reunite at the end of the film.
Catherine "Cate" Montecillo (Serena Dalrymple): Cate is Ina's eight child. She is now girly and obedient, unlike her tomboyish, rough role in the original film. She also tends to have many habits that need changing, but, according to Ina, there are too many.
Samuel "Shammy" Montecillo (Jiro Manio): Shammy is Ina's ninth child. He is very friendly, but very boastful of his mother's prestige and their life in the Palace. He accidentally sets up an illegal gambling business in his school (College Tele-Karera Enterprise or CTE, a parody of the real-life ZTE-NBN scandal that rocked President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's government in 2007) after his friends tell him to let him sign it for his mother. In the end Ina forgives him, and he dissolves the business after his expulsion from school.
Martin "Ten-Ten" Montecillo (Yuuki Kadooka): Ten-Ten is Ina's tenth child. He was born deaf-mute, but is very proficient in sign language. It was he who encouraged his mother to become president, and provided her moral support throughout the story.
Connie & Sweet Montecillo (Bianca & Janella Calma): Connie & Sweet are Ina's eleventh and twelfth children. They are twins, and are normally naughty, but very kind to Ina. When they realised their mother laden with problems, they decided to run away and are kidnapped by terrorists, who demand that the Presidential family pay a ransom in exchange for their release. In the end, they were saved by Ina, who delivered a nationwide television broadcast to appeal to the kidnappers' mothers.
President Hillary Dafalong (Gloria Díaz): The fifteenth President of the Philippines, she is very kind and helpful, especially to Ina. She remains distrustful of Vice-President Billiones, who engineers her assassination while she was delivering a public address.
Vice-President Bill Billiones (DJ Durano): Bill is the fifteenth Vice-President and acting President of the Philippines, and a member of the opposition. He is the mastermind behind President Dafalong's death, and is later arrested for murder.
Jeffrey (John Prats): Jeffrey was Por's boyfriend. After breaking up with her, he begins to court her younger sister, Seven. As Ina continues to break them up, Seven becomes more interested with their relationship. In the end, they end up dating.
Ren Constantino (Cherry Pie Picache): Ren is Ina's strict yet kindly college teacher who later helps Ina's presidential campaign. Later on, Ina selects appoints her as the sixteenth Vice-President; at the film's end, Ren succeeds Ina as the seventeenth President after the latter resigns.
