Ina ka ng Anak Mo is a 1979 Filipino film directed by Lino Brocka and starring Nora Aunor. The film was an official entry to the 1979 Metro Manila Film Festival, and garnered several awards including Best Actor for Raoul Aragonn and a tie for Best Actress between Lolita Rodriguez and Nora Aunor. It also garnered several nominations in the following year's FAMAS and Gawad Urian. Despite its adult theme and rating, the film was successful at the box office during its commercial run. The story portrays the everyday life of the deeply religious Renata and her daughter Ester, who is married to Luis. This is Nora's first movie under the direction of Lino Brocka and an entry to the 1979 Metro Manila Film Festival. It was also the first and the only collaboration a between two of the greatest actresses of the Philippine Cinema; Nora Aunor and Lolita Rodriguez. Both actresses were recognized as Best Actress at the film fest award's night, in the process beating the tandem of two other great actresses Charito Solis and Vilma Santos who starred in another entry, Modelong Tanso.
Synopsis
This is a story of day-to-day living by Renata, her daughter Esther and Esther's husband Luis. Ester and Luis are a couple trying to start their own family while living in Renata's house. The couple can not bear a child due to Ester's sterility, which was ironic being that Ester is a family planning program worker. Ester's barrenness becomes a source of constant argument between the husband and wife, aggravated by Ester's unwillingness to allow Luis to seek employment out of the country. Renata often acts as a pacifier of her daughter during the couple's arguments. Unfortunately, Ester and her mother get into a heated argument resulting to Renata feeling emotional about it. She then confides to Luis about her problems, which results to one night of passionate union. The single night of union impregnates the aging Renata who refuses to have an abortion. Renata and Luis try to hide their fault until Ester discovers the truth accidentally when Renata gave birth to her child.
