09 Nov 2024
Refrain
Long removed from her music lessons when she was still young, Lisa Valenzuela, a single-minded pianist, grapples with a debt she knows she owes.
Ploning
Pag-ibig (Love). Paghinhintay (Waiting). Pag-asa (Hope).
In the picturesque island of Cuyo, Palawan, an illegal Taiwanese fishing vessel docks carrying the fisherman named Muo Sei, a man looking for something or someone with the name Ploning. He has from sunrise to sundown to look for this "Ploning".
Top Billed Cast
Judy Ann Santos Ploning
Gina Pareño Intang
Mylene Dizon Celeste
Meryll Soriano Alma
Ces Quesada Nieves
Tony Mabesa Susing
Crispin Pineda Toting
Eugene Domingo Juaning
Tessie Tomas Seling / Old Celeste
Ronnie Lazaro Old Veling
Joel Torre Old Siloy
Beth Tamayo Divina
Jojit Lorenzo Basit
Spanky Manikan Tsuy
Boyong Fernandez Muo Sei
Ketchup Eusebio Badocdoc
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