Harvest Home

Harvest Home

Year: 1995

Runtime: 103 mins

Language: Tagalog

Director: Carlos Siguion-Reyna

Drama

In a quiet, rural Filipino village, sibling rivalry continues through adulthood for two sisters and finally tears their family apart.

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1

Jacinta's dutiful life in the village

Jacinta tends to her mother Almeda in a quiet rural village. She works hard in the fields and is admired by the women as a dutiful daughter and wife, even as her husband Peping treats her with coldness. The long shadow of Arcadio's death years before shapes the household dynamic.

Rural village home and fields
2

Clarita returns home with Joey to sort Arcadio's land titles

Clarita returns home with her husband Joey to settle Arcadio's land titles after ten years away. The sisters are briefly reunited, but Clarita feels uneasy about being back in the village.

on arrival Jacinta's family home, village
3

Peping's hostility toward Clarita and Joey

Peping's hostility toward Clarita and Joey surfaces as old tensions rise again. He resents Clarita for leaving and resents Joey's presence in the family affairs.

upon Clarita's return Family home
4

Almeda discovers Peping's letters

During a conversation between Joey and Almeda, Almeda discovers Peping's buried love letters to Clarita and becomes hysterical. Jacinta's anger flares as she blames Joey for revealing painful secrets and unsettling the household.

during the visit Almeda's home
5

Letters hidden by Jacinta

Clarita and Peping exchange letters that reveal their hidden feelings. Jacinta, trying to shield Clarita, hides the letters from both of them.

during Clarita's stay Jacinta's home
6

Almeda warns about the letters and Jacinta acts

During a cleaning session, Almeda warns that Joey plans to deliver the letters to Peping. Jacinta lashes out and tries to attack Joey to prevent the truth from coming out.

the day the letters are to be delivered Jacinta's home
7

Arcadio's grave and Clarita's secret

At Arcadio's grave, Jacinta recalls the moment their father discovered the letters. She reveals that Clarita had suffered sexual abuse at Arcadio's hands, deepening the family's trauma.

present day Arcadio's cemetery
8

Jacinta's confrontation and Arcadio's death

In a memory-filled confrontation, Jacinta pushes Arcadio, causing his head to strike a sharp object and die. The act reveals the family's hidden past and its consequences.

past Arcadio's residence (past scene)
9

Secrecy demanded over Arcadio's death

Jacinta tells Almeda that the truth behind Arcadio's death must stay hidden or she will slander Clarita as Arcadio's mistress. She demands secrecy to protect Clarita's reputation.

present day cemetery/home
10

Jealousy and a cemetery altercation

The memory returns as Jacinta resents the father's favoritism toward Clarita. A heated brawl at the cemetery erupts until Peping intervenes.

present day cemetery
11

Clarita plans care and departure

Clarita tells Peping to take care of Jacinta before she and Joey return to Manila with Almeda for treatment. They resolve to bring Almeda for treatment and to support Jacinta.

after the confrontation Village home
12

Memory of abuse and Jacinta's earlier seduction attempt

Still mentally ill, Jacinta recalls her father raping Clarita and Clarita's escape. She remembers attempting to seduce Arcadio herself, only to be rebuffed with laughter, and Peping's later promise to take care of her.

past Arcadio's residence (past)
13

Harvest day ending

After harvesting rice, Peping watches Jacinta dancing in the fields. The moment closes the day with a quiet sign of tenderness mingled with unease.

present day Rice fields

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