Maria, Leonora, Teresa

Maria, Leonora, Teresa

Year: 2014

Runtime: 103 mins

Language: Tagalog

Director: Wenn V. Deramas

DramaHorrorThriller

Following a devastating tragedy, a psychiatrist suggests that Faith, Julio, and Stella care for life-sized dolls resembling their deceased daughters: Maria, Leonora, and Teresa. The intention is to help them cope with their grief, but the toys seem to possess a sinister influence, blurring the lines between comfort and something far more disturbing.

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Timeline & Setting – Maria, Leonora, Teresa (2014)

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Little Magnolia School, Faith's House, Stella's House, Manolo's Place, Augusto's Place

Little Magnolia School is the central setting, opened with a ceremonial blessing that frames it as a beacon of renewal. The campus becomes the stage for a deadly field trip incident that haunts the present. The surrounding homes and the investigators' locations—Faith's residence, Stella's residence, Manolo's place, and Augusto's place—are tightly connected spaces where hauntings unfold.

🏫 School 🏚️ Haunted 🔎 Mystery

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Main Characters – Maria, Leonora, Teresa (2014)

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Faith Pardo (Iza Calzado)

Faith is a grieving mother who endures the loss of her daughter after the school tragedy. She becomes pregnant during the events, adding urgency to her choices and the desire to protect her unborn child. Initially skeptical of the life-sized dolls, she eventually engages with them, only to find herself entangled in a deadly supernatural scheme.

💔 Grieving 👪 Family 🤰 Pregnancy

Stella De Castro (Jodi Sta. Maria)

Stella is Faith's friend and fellow parent who navigates a marriage strained by Don's infidelity. She joins in the struggle against the dolls, ultimately facing loss and violence linked to the past tragedy. Towards the end, she also adopts Don's illegitimate son, rebuilding her family amid the chaos.

💔 Family 👩‍👧 Parent 🕯️ Healing

Julio Sacdalan (Zanjoe Marudo)

A teacher who initially embraces the dolls, seeing their apparent healing benefits. He experiences a rapid recovery and becomes a voice of progress, but is later blamed by the school for the disturbances. He ultimately dies in the struggle against Manolo and the dolls.

🎒 Education 💔 Grief 🛡️ Protector

Eldon Jacinto (Marco Masa)

A student who died during the past incident; Eldon possessed the ability to glimpse the future and warned others before the tragedy. His ghost haunts the living, and he is revealed as the son of Manolo, whose death catalyzes the entire vengeance plot.

👶 Child 👻 Ghost 🧠 Visionary

Manolo Apacible (Cris Villanueva)

A psychiatrist who uses life-sized dolls to exact revenge on the parents involved in Eldon's death. He manipulates occult knowledge to fuel his ritual and aims to punish those he holds responsible. He is ultimately overpowered and killed during the confrontation with Julio and the others.

🧪 Scientist 🗡️ Revenge 🔮 Witchcraft

Augusto (Joey Paras)

A witch doctor who recognizes the dolls' supernatural control and helps uncover the truth through séances. He guides the group toward confronting Manolo and stopping the ritual. His knowledge of witchcraft and spirits proves crucial to unraveling the mystery.

🔮 Witchcraft 🧭 Guidance 🗣️ Communication

Stanley Pardo (Dante Ponce)

Faith's husband and the school's owner, who is implicated in bribing investigators to cover up the past tragedy. He becomes a target of the dolls and is killed during the ensuing chaos.

💔 Power 💰 Corruption 🗡️ Death

Don (Joem Bascon)

Stella's husband whose infidelity and involvement with the dolls push the events toward tragedy. He is killed after becoming entangled in the dolls' deadly plans.

💔 Infidelity 🧪 Experimentation 💀 Death

Maria Ann Pardo (Rhed Bustamante)

One of the daughters who dies in the field trip tragedy. Her memory and the doll phenomena drive the investigation and hauntings that follow.

💔 Loss 👧 Child 👻 Ghost

Leonora Vera (Jonicka Cyleen Movido)

Another daughter who dies in the past incident and later disrupts the present through the doll-related hauntings. Her presence is tied to Eldon's visions and the plot's unraveling of truth.

💔 Loss 👧 Child 🪄 Trickery

Teresa de Castro (Juvy Lyn Bison)

One of Stella's daughters who dies in the field trip aftermath and becomes involved in the dolls' deadly events. She is connected to the family tragedy and the violence that ensues.

💔 Loss 👧 Child 🗡️ Violence

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Major Themes – Maria, Leonora, Teresa (2014)

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💔 Grief

Grief drives the plot as Faith, Stella, and Julio mourn the deaths of their daughters after the field trip tragedy. Their attempts to cope push them toward the life-sized talking dolls, which promise comfort but deepen their pain. The film uses this grief to explore how guilt and memory shape family bonds and responses to tragedy. It also shows how the need for closure can lead to dangerous consequences.

🗡️ Revenge

Manolo's vendetta against the parents stems from Eldon's death and the cover-up by school authorities. The dolls become tools of vengeance, invoking occult knowledge rather than healing. The pursuit of justice turns deadly as multiple characters are harmed or killed, revealing the cost of revenge.

👻 Haunting

Ghostly interference and possession drive the horror as Eldon's ghost appears and the dolls are controlled by someone with occult knowledge. A séance with Augusto reveals the identity behind the hauntings and ties past events to the present danger. The haunting escalates, turning ordinary spaces into sites of danger.

🧭 Truth and Consequences

Truth and accountability emerge as the past is exposed: Eldon's visions, the explosion, and the cover-ups are confronted. The film ends with burial and a fragile sense of justice, though the cycle of grief continues for surviving families. The mid-credits scene hints that the pattern may repeat with another parent.

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