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White Lady is a 2006 Filipino supernatural horror-drama film directed by Jeff Tan. It is Tan's first feature length film as he worked mostly on music videos.[2]

White Lady
Directed byJeff Tan[1]
Written by
Produced by
  • Lily Y. Monteverde
  • Roselle Monteverde-Teo[1]
Starring
CinematographyTim Jimenez
Edited by
  • Miren Fabregas
  • Jay Halili
Music byVon De Guzman
Production
company
Regal Films
Release date
  • July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryPhilippines
Languages
  • Filipino
  • English
  • Ilongo

Plot


Two best friends from the province of Iloilo, Pearl and Jonathan, arrive in Manila to study at an Arts Academy. Jonathan himself secretly harbors romantic feelings for Pearl, known for her brilliance and wisdom. Upon enrollment, a clique of students led by Mimi and her right-hand person Eva, takes an interest in them. Mimi is a pretty, rich, and popular girl who gets her way by bullying others. The clique also consists of basketball jock Joshua, film and photography major Jowee , and delinquent band frontman Hector.

Mimi takes Pearl and Jonathan into her fold, befriending them in exchange for academic favors from the bright and studious Pearl. However, Pearl rebuffs the clique after realizing their deceptions, while Jonathan joins a prominent fraternity. Soon after, Pearl and Jonathan's close friendship becomes estranged.

One night, Pearl experiences strange paranormal occurrences on campus and has visions of a woman in white, referred to as the white lady, singing a folk lullaby. She and Jonathan learn from others about the story of a white lady rumored to have frequented the school grounds. A carpenter reveals to Jonathan a storage shed that burnt down and a vision of the said woman at the same spot. Pearl meets and befriends Tasya, a kindhearted Guimaras-born elderly woman residing in a house situated on the Academy's vast campus. Tasya tells the story of her granddaughter Christina, a simple girl also hailing from Iloilo and Guimaras, who was reportedly driven into hiding by Mimi’s pompousness. Pearl immediately feels an affinity towards Christina since both girls have been receiving Mimi's scorn.

The haunting worsens when Pearl lands the highly coveted lead role in the school play, which also earns her the brunt of Mimi’s ire since the latter wanted the part for herself. In another circumstance, a burgeoning relationship begins to kindle between Pearl and Robbie, the rich, athletic, and most popular guy in school, whom Mimi also desires.

Flashbacks show Christina's story. Robbie befriends her after rescuing her from bullies and Mimi's gang. The two begin a relationship that his father opposes and forces them to separate and have Robbie choose Mimi. Soon after, Mimi's friends begin to torment her frequently. Christina shuns Robbie after having her way by his and the gang's actions. After the gang imprisons her in a storage shed, Mimi drugs a janitor to silence him and Robbie, under her influence, murders Christina by setting the shed on fire.

In a series of intense ghostly appearances, the white lady manifests herself to the clique, letting them experience her wrath. Each clique member is either killed or left incapacitated out of trauma from the encounter.

Pearl receives news during a Halloween feast that her mother has leukemia and reveals to Robbie that she is returning to Iloilo. Robbie grows overzealous and disoriented after seeing Christina's vision on his cellphone. Pearl escapes to a gypsy tent, wherein she encounters a vision that relives Christina's final moments. From here, she learns of Robbie's crime and shuns Robbie.

Robbie captures Pearl and drags her to the storage shed. Jonathan witnesses this and intervenes, only to be subdued by Robbie. To try and silence them, Robbie sets the shed on fire and flees the scene on a motorcycle. The white lady, now revealed to be Christina, appears and causes him to crash. He runs to a carillon wherein bells play the lullaby, and Christina causes Robbie to fall to his death. Pearl and Jonathan manage to survive and escape the shed fire unharmed due to Christina's soul diverting the flames. Later on, Christina walks to a light in a field, presumably the gate of Heaven.

Later on, Pearl returns to the province and visits Tasya, wherein she reveals that her mother has died of the ailment. As Tasya reveals that she sees Christina's soul departing for the afterlife, Pearl states that they vow to care for each other despite their losses. Christina's voice sings her lullaby as they comfort each other as she gazes down from Heaven with God on the two in the form of wind and sunlight.


Cast



Main characters



The Clique



Other characters



Production


Principal photography of the film was done within the University of the Philippines Los Baños campus.[5]


See also



References


  1. San Diego Jr, Bayani (11 July 2006). "Jeff Tan's Big School Project'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. "John Estrada Sports Anew Butt". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 18 July 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. "LOOK: From angelic child star to hugot queen, Angelica Panganiban in movies". starcinema.abs-cbn.com/. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. "Maidens Of Mood, Murder And Mystery". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 22 July 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. Bautista, Mario E. (18 July 2006). "Angelica pays the price of success". Philstar.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.





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