Himala

Himala (“Miracle”) is a Filipino film directed by the late Philippine National Artist Ishmael Bernal in 1982. Written by multi-award winner screenwriter Ricky Lee, the movie is based on a true incident of a teenage girl in Cabra Island in the province of Occidental Mindoro between 1966 and 1967. The movie’s heroine is played by Philippine superstar Nora Aunor whose portrayal of Elsa is considered by most Filipino critics as the best of her career.

 

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Movies Based on the Novels by Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks is one of the best contemporary romance novelists. Currently, he has sixteen novels on print, all bestsellers and translated into different languages. Only sixteen novels, and yet, he is widely recognized as a great writer of stories about love, loss, and hope. He has an amazing writing style, with each word weighing heavily on the reader’s heart. He also spares them the burden of reading several pages of predictable plot that can only be expressed in few words.

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