Veteran and award-winning actress Nora Aunor (AFP / file picture)
In an appearing business the place tales flicker and fade, Nora Aunor didn’t simply play and carry out roles; she outlined and remodeled them into tiny miracles that lit up the display screen. From her iconic efficiency as Elsa in “Himala” (Miracle) to bringing the true-life story of a Filipina migrant home employee convicted of a double homicide in “Flor Contemplacion,” she turned a real icon of cinema.
Because the business mourns not solely an actress however an appearing legend, we additionally have fun the indelible mark she left behind, which made her deserving of the Nationwide Artist of the Philippines for Movie and Broadcast Arts honor and the Grand Dame of Philippine Cinema title. Aunor’s each efficiency resonated not simply deeply with the viewers but additionally garnered important accolades that cemented her place within the movie business.
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“Himala” (Miracle) (1982)
Maybe probably the most iconic of Aunor’s motion pictures, “Himala” is taken into account one of many best Filipino movies of all time after being adjudged by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino as one of many Ten Greatest Movies of the Decade.
Directed by the late Ishmael Bernal, Aunor delivered an iconic efficiency as Elsa, a younger lady who claims to have seen the Virgin Mary and begins therapeutic the sick, resulting in a non secular motion in her city. The way in which Aunor embodied the themes of religion, doubt and societal pressures in “Himala” made it considered one of her most celebrated roles.
Upon its premiere on the 1982 Metro Manila Movie Pageant (MMFF), the movie swept the competition awards together with Greatest Image and Greatest Actress for Aunor. It additionally received Greatest Image on the 1983 Catholic Mass Media Awards. Aunor was additionally hailed Greatest Actress in varied native awarding our bodies together with Gawad Urian.
“Himala” had its worldwide premiere on the thirty third Berlin Worldwide Movie Pageant and have become the primary Filipino movie to be included within the Competitors part, the place it vied for the Golden Bear trophy.
The movie then took house the Bronze Hugo Award on the 1983 Chicago Worldwide Movie Pageant. In the identical yr, it acquired a particular spiritual quotation on the 1983 Asia-Pacific Movie Pageant in Taipei, Taiwan.
In 2008, “Himala,” the one Filipino movie to be shortlisted, was awarded the Viewers’ Alternative Award for Greatest Asia-Pacific Movie of All Time, with the award being a joint manufacturing of CNN Worldwide and the Asia Pacific Display Awards.
The movie was additionally chosen because the opening movie and final iteration of the 1983 Manila Worldwide Movie Pageant, which was chaired by then First Girl Imelda Marcos.
“The Flor Contemplacion Story” (1995)
Aunor portrayed Flor Contemplacion, a Filipina home helper in Singapore who was convicted and executed by hanging for allegedly killing her fellow Filipina maid and the little boy underneath her care. The Celebrity’s efficiency earned her the Princess Pataten Award for Greatest Actress on the nineteenth Cairo Worldwide Movie Pageant. The movie additionally received the Golden Pyramid Award for its director, Joel Lamangan.
Aunor’s convincing portrayal because the fallen heroine garnered her varied Greatest Actress awards, together with from the FAMAS and Gawad Urian. The movie was additionally screened and exhibited at totally different movie festivals around the globe, together with the 1995 Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant, the 1996 Dublin Movie Pageant, the Hawaii Worldwide Movie Pageant, and the Human Rights Watch Worldwide Movie Pageant in New York, amongst others.
“Thy Womb” (Sinapupunan) (2012)
Directed by Brillante Mendoza, Aunor portrayed Shaleha, a midwife in a Muslim group who, regardless of her personal lack of ability to conceive, assists her husband find a second spouse to bear him a toddler.
The movie competed for the Golden Lion on the 69th Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant. Though it didn’t take house the highest honors, the movie acquired three particular prizes — the La Navicella Venezia Cinema Award and the P. Nazareno Taddei Award Particular Point out for Mendoza, together with the Bisato d’Oro Award (Greatest Actress) for Aunor.
Aunor’s advanced efficiency earned her Greatest Actress awards not solely from native awarding our bodies but additionally from worldwide festivals, together with the seventh Asian Movie Awards, sixth Asia Pacific Display Awards, and the third Sakhalin Worldwide Movie Pageant.
The movie additionally received a particular jury award on the seventh Cines del Sur – Pageant de Granada in Spain, in addition to 2nd place for a characteristic movie on the tenth Worldwide Impartial Movie Pageant in Lisbon, Portugal, and on the eleventh Asian Movie Pageant in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
“Bona” (1980)
Directed by the late Lino Brocka, Aunor performed the titular character who turns into infatuated with a struggling and abusive actor named Gardo (Phillip Salvador).
In 1997, the movie was cited as considered one of “The Greatest 100 Movies within the World” by the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, USA, making it one of many Philippines’ best motion pictures to at the present time. Aunor acquired her second Gawad Urian for Greatest Actress for her position.
The movie then premiered on the Administrators’ Fortnight of the 1981 Cannes Worldwide Movie Pageant. It additionally received the jury prize on the Figueira da Foz Worldwide Movie Pageant at the moment.
Through the years, “Bona” has been screened at varied worldwide movie festivals. Final yr, a digitally restored model of the movie premiered on the 2024 Cannes Movie Pageant within the Cannes Classics part, the place it acquired optimistic evaluations.
“Bakit Might Kahapon Pa?” (1997)
Aunor portrayed a former New Folks’s Military hit lady who seeks vengeance in opposition to a military basic (Eddie Garcia) liable for the bloodbath of her village. The Celebrity’s compelling efficiency earned her the Golden Pearl Award (Greatest Actress) from the inaugural East Asia Movie and Tv Award in Malaysia.
The movie was additionally nominated for Golden Pyramid on the Cairo Worldwide Movie Pageant. It additionally competed and exhibited on the 2nd Asian Movie Pageant in Tokyo, Japan, the Worldwide Movie Pageant of India New Delhi in India, and Brussels Worldwide Impartial Movie Pageant, amongst others.
“Taklub” (Entice) (2015)
Set within the aftermath of Hurricane Yolanda (Haiyan), which devastated Tacloban in 2013, Aunor took on the position of Bebeth, a mom mourning the lack of her youngsters within the catastrophe.
Aunor’s portrayal of a mom and survivor coping with grief and trauma earned the film rave evaluations and accolades. The movie received Greatest Movie on the 1st MónFilmat Pageant Internacional de Cinema and in addition took house a particular jury prize on the 2015 Cannes Movie Pageant.
The movie was honored with the Viewers Award on the sixteenth Asiatica Movie Mediale and the fifteenth Beirut Worldwide Movie Pageant, and it additionally earned Aunor her Dambana ng Kagalingan bilang Pinakapasadong Aktress (Corridor of Fame) on the 18th Gawad Pasado.
“Naglalayag” (2004)
Directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes, Aunor assumed the position of Dorinda, a menopausal choose grappling with loneliness and a midlife disaster. Her character embarks on an unconventional relationship with a a lot youthful taxi driver.
Aunor’s nuanced efficiency earned her the Greatest Actress trophy on the thirty first Brussels Worldwide Impartial Movie Pageant in Belgium. The movie additionally acquired the Particular Jury Prize and the Greatest Actor award for Yul Servo.
“Dementia” (2015)
On this psychological horror movie, Aunor portrayed Mara Fabre, a girl affected by dementia who experiences unsettling occurrences in her ancestral house.
The Celebrity’s portrayal of a deteriorating thoughts confronting previous traumas earned her Greatest Actress honors on the St. Tropez Worldwide Movie Pageant in France. The movie additionally received Greatest International Language Movie on the time.