Foster Child
“Love and life are not equal.”
2007 · 1 h 38 min
Brillante MendozaCast
Cherry Pie Picache Eugene Domingo 
Jiro Manio
Credits
Written by: 
Ralston Jover
Plot
A day in the life of a foster mother in Manila.
Sinekatalog’s take
Brillante Mendoza's drama follows a day in the life of a Manila foster mother preparing to hand a child to adoptive parents abroad. Cherry Pie Picache is superb in a tender, observational film about love, poverty and loss.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (304 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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