KERUBIN (1952)

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KERUBIN (1952)

Release Date:  April 30, 1952 / Dalisay Theater

Produced by Sampaguita Pictures

Cast:  Tessie Agana, Linda Estrella, Van de Leon, Chichay, Tolindoy

Direction:  Octavio Silos

Source:  Literary Song-Movie Magazine

              April 1952

              (courtesy of Simon Santos, Video 48)

       THIS IS A HARMLESS fantasy story about a naughty little angel called Kerubin.  Kerubin makes St. Peter sore by being constantly late because of ever wandering into space even after the heavy gates of heaven are closed.  So the old Saint sends Kerubin to earth, and return to heaven is on the condition that the angel should make a sad soul happy.  Kerubin chooses to console Ana.  Ana is a frustrated wife who wants to be a mother.  She is a devout girl, but her prayers are not answered.  Her trouble assumes desperate proportions when her husband, decides to distract himself with the affections of a scheming woman, Margarita.  So Kerubin goes straight to Ana and makes her known of the heavenly mission.  The naughty angel makes sad Ana a happy woman, all right, but complications follow, because the vision of Kerubin is only visible to Ana, and to her maid, Panchang.  When the husband begins to notice the strange behaviour of his wife and the maid, talking to invisible beings, and similar other "foolishness", he broaches the subject to the "other" woman who believes that Ana is getting off the bat, due to her frustrated desire to have a child and to the infidelity of the husband.  Here's a good chance to get rid of her, says Margarita.  Send her t the asylum.  Judicial proceedings too have Ana confined begin, but the first lawyer hired by the adulterous couple, after investigating the case, turns down the job of sending Ana to the asylum, because Divinia, his wife, believes that Ana is telling the truth.  Panchang escapes Ana's household after testifying to Ana's assertions, because she is threatened by Ana's husband.  She takes refuge in the lawyer's house who is now convinced that Ana is not off her mind.  In the meanwhile, another lawyer is hired, and during the court hearing, petitioners have all the evidence on their side.  The first lawyer, Justo, in vain tries a brilliant defense.  Just when everything is about lost and the Judge is about to issue out the order of confinement, Kerubin comes into the courtroom to clinch Justo's objections and to tip the balance of justice in favor of Ana.  And that's not enough.  Back in heaven, Kerubin urges St. Peter to intercede no Ana's behalf so that she may be given a child -- one who just looks like Kerubin.  Petition granted.

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