A touching story of a girl who learns to forgive is the focus of the July 11 episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya.
Sheryl Cruz returns to the small screen after playing a role in the TV series Lobo,
which is ending this Friday as well. Jodi Sta. Maria is chosen to play a cruel
stepmother of the young girl Rahina (played by Celine Lim and Empress Schuck).
In this MMK episode directed by Nuel Naval, a young girl becomes jaded after being maltreated by her stepmother. After being abused as a child, she also became abusive to her half-siblings. Will the cycle of hatred end with her or will she pass it on to the next generation?
Maalaala Mo Kaya(July 11, 2008)
Director: Nuel Naval
Writer: Arah Jell Badayos
Cast: Sheryl Cruz as Farida
Jodi Sta Maria as Ana
Bobby Andrews as Esmail
Empress Schuck as Old Rahina
Celine Lim as Young Rahina
Kathryn Bernardo as Young Soraida
Ronalisa Cheng as Old Soraida
Malou de Guzman as Norguia
SYNOPSIS. The six-year old girl Rahina and her three siblings were orphaned when their mother Farida died giving birth to her fifth child. They were then raised by their stepmother Ana who treated them harshly for more than five years. The woman would give them household chores and she would beat them whenever they did something wrong or whenever Ana felt like doing so.
Rahina's nightmare ended when her policeman father, Esmail,
found out that Farida died because she was poisoned by Ana. Esmail threw Ana
out of the house, without telling his children the reason why. But Rahina eventually
discovered the truth and felt so much hatred that she wanted to get even with
Ana. Since their stepmother was no longer living in their house, Rahina vented
her anger on Ana's children. The then submissive girl changed into a harsh
taskmaster to her half-siblings.
When she was in her second year college, Rahina's father died during a police operation. During her father's wake, relatives told Rahina that they would be the ones to take care of her step-brothers and sisters. The young girl is then faced with the choice of parting with her half-siblings or taking care of them just as she promised to her dying father. Will she learn to accept them and forgive her stepmother or will she keep the hatred in her heart?
Maalala Mo Kaya, hosted by Charo Santos-Concio, airs on Friday night on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida.