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The movie “Rosario, the Story” which is an entry to the 2010 Metro Manila Film Festival, has been generating a lot of interest lately and not only because it features an all-star cast led by Jennylyn Mercado, who plays the title role, and Dennis Trillo under the direction of Albert Martinez.

Phillip Salvador, who plays a major role in the movie, was enthusiastically telling us about it at the recent birthday celebration of RPN 9 chair Wilson Tieng. It is a very interesting period movie that will take us back to the late ’30s.

The story revolves around Rosario Perrera, a paragon of beauty and grace, intelligent, sophisticated and a liberal thinker. Viewers will witness her story (from age 18 to 32) unfold on the screen.

The daughter of Don Enrique Perrera (Phillip Salvador) and Doña Adela Perrera (Eula Valdez), Rosario was a passionate woman who lives according to her heart’s desires. She was a woman ahead of her time.

Rosario’s story is narrated by her son Jesus Perrera Gonzales (played by Dolphy) who recalls the events that happened to his mother’s life back in 1920 up to 1939. Jesus was then 11 years old.

At that time, Rosario was 32 years old and she and husband Alberto, settled in a rundown aksesorya (apartment) in Sta. Cruz, Manila. A next-door neighbor Carding (Sid Lucero) was instantly smitten to the mysterious Rosario and he slowly befriended her.

Rosario became the toast of the town after being crowned Isabela’s Carnival Queen. But she fell madly in love with an older man Vicente (Yul Servo) who was the administrator of their tabacalera. Scandalized by her indecent behavior, Rosario’s parents took her to the convent but she managed to escape. She and Vicente went to Manila and got married there.

They had three children but soon Vicente became sick of tuberculosis. Her cousin Carmen helped Rosario get a secretarial job but then she attracted the attention of Carmen’s fiancé Alberto (Dennis Trillo) with whom she developed an illicit romance. Vicente filed an adultery case against them.

Also in the cast of the movie is Ricky Davao as Miguel, an aksesorya owner who tried to rape Rosario.

Watch out for “Rosario,” a story about love betrayal, guilt and redemption, and about what it means to be ahead of one’s time.

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