Why Is There a Yesterday?

Synopsis

Bakit may Kahapon Pa? (Why Is There a Yesterday?) is a 1996 Filipino drama film directed by Joel Lamangan. It is about a village girl who is mysteriously spared when a platoon of soldiers led by Colonel Valderamma (Garcia) massacres her family along with peasants accused of sympathizing with the communists. When the girl has grown up, her body has healed but her mind is yet to recover from the horrible experience. She continues to thirst for revenge and crafts a scheme to exact retribution. She eyes the head of the military mission who instigated the carnage that she survived. He is now a well-admired retiring general who is about to cap his career with the service's highest honors.

Main Cast

Nora Aunor

Helen/ Karina Salvacion

Age : 70 | Popularity : 3%

Eddie Garcia

Gen. Valderama

Age : 98 | Popularity : 7%

Dawn Zulueta

Leah

Age : 55 | Popularity : 6%

Daniel Fernando

Mulong

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Melisse Santiago

Mumay

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Sarah Jane Abad

Young Helen

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Rolando Tinio

Priest/ Confessor

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Joel Lamangan
Writing	Screenplay	Roy Iglesias Julius Alfonso
Sound	Original Music Composer	Jessie Lasaten
Camera	Director of Photography	Romeo Vitug
Editing	Editor	Jess Navarro
Department	Role	Name

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