Sukob

Sukob

Year: 2006

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: Tagalog

Director: Chito S. Roño

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Sandy and Dale, Filipino overseas workers in Dubai, return home to prepare their wedding. Sandy’s mother Daisy tells her the tragic story of their friend Helen: after her father’s death she married, only for her husband to die in a plane crash; Helen later perished in a bus accident and her mother vanished without a trace. During Sandy’s ceremony she suffers a nosebleed and sees a ghostly flower‑girl, hinting at the lingering curse.

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Timeline & Setting – Sukob (2006)

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Time period

Present day

The events take place in contemporary times, anchored by modern weddings and travel that bring characters home from abroad. The central superstition, sukob, is invoked to explain a string of tragic deaths linked to same-year engagements. The narrative weaves current urban life with rural superstition, creating a tense, time-bound countdown to the next ceremony.

Location

Dubai, Bibiclat, Aliaga, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

The story unfolds across rural Bibiclat in the province of Nueva Ecija and scenes in urban Dubai where Sandy works. Bibiclat provides the intimate, village backdrop where old beliefs shape modern weddings and family obligations. The juxtaposition of an expatriate life in Dubai with a traditional Filipino community highlights the contrast between contemporary choices and ancestral curses.

🏝️ Rural town 🕯️ Superstitions 🌾 Provincial life

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Main Characters – Sukob (2006)

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Sandy (Kris Aquino)

An Overseas Filipino Worker who returns from Dubai with her fiancé, Dale, to marry. She quickly becomes the central figure in the sukob, tracing the connection between the deaths and wedding celebrations. Resourceful and protective, she fights to protect her future child and her sister, ultimately sacrificing herself to end the curse.

💍 Weddings 🕯️ Supernatural 👪 Family

Dale (Wendell Ramos)

Sandy's fiancé who accompanies her home for their wedding. He is drawn into the escalating horror as the curse targets the couple and their circle. He meets a tragic end when he is claimed by the spirit during the pivotal moment of the Unity Candle ritual.

💑 Fiancé 🕯️ Supernatural 💔 Tragedy

Diana (Claudine Barretto)

The other bride in the community who is revealed to be Claudia’s daughter. She experiences spectral encounters and must contend with the curse as her wedding progresses. Pregnant at one point, she faces the danger and the pull of the haunting as the story unfolds.

👰 Weddings 🕯️ Supernatural 👶 Pregnancy

Brian (Bernard Palanca)

Diana's husband-to-be who dies after a fall during renovations, triggering further tragedy and fear among the families involved. His death intensifies the sense that the curse reaches into every wedding party connected to the couple.

💔 Tragedy 👰 Weddings 🕯️ Supernatural

Tessie (Boots Anson-Roa)

Sandy's mother who confronts the revealed infidelity of her husband. Her conflict and eventual death in a road accident deepen the sense of a family being haunted by past sins and present consequences.

👩‍👧 Family 💔 Tragedy 🕯️ Supernatural

Paola (Maureen Mauricio)

Dale's cousin's mother who acts as a conduit to the supernatural. She heads to Nueva Ecija with Joya to contact Helen’s spirit and uncover the origins of the sukob, providing crucial insights that propel the investigation.

🧭 Guide 🕯️ Supernatural 👩 Family

Joya (Maja Salvador)

The psychic daughter of Paola who experiences possession and acts as a medium to warn Sandy of the curse. Her visions play a key role in identifying the involved spirits and guiding the escape from the haunting.

🔮 Psychic 👭 Family 👻 Ghosts

Gilda (Liza Lorena)

Dale's mother who provides a maternal perspective within the family dynamics. She collaborates with others to understand the haunting, and her involvement ties together the clan’s efforts to break the curse.

👵 Elder 🕯️ Supernatural 👪 Family

Grace (Glaiza de Castro)

A member of Dale's circle who becomes entangled in the supernatural events. She is pursued by the curse and faces a tragic fate as the spirits tighten their grip on the living.

👩 Female 🕯️ Supernatural 🚗 Tragedy

Belen (Raquel Villavicencio)

Brian's mother who arrives at the morgue and becomes part of the family’s attempt to piece together what happened to Brian. Her presence emphasizes the reach of the curse into multiple generations.

👵 Family 🕯️ Supernatural 🕰️ Mystery

Edwin (Richard Quan)

A supporting figure who appears during the events tied to the unraveling mystery of the deaths and the curses affecting the wedding parties.

🕵️ Supporting 🕯️ Supernatural 👨‍👧 Family

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Major Themes – Sukob (2006)

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🕯️ Sukob Curse

At the core of Sukob is the Filipino superstition that siblings who marry in the same year bring misfortune to the family. The deaths, disappearances, and spectral visitations escalate in parallel with the weddings of Sandy and Diana. The film follows a race to uncover the curse’s origin, linking wedding photos, arhae, and ritual acts to break the malevolent link.

👪 Family Secrets

Hidden pasts and infidelities reverberate through generations, fueling the haunting. The revelation of a father’s affair and the discovery of half-siblings complicate loyalties and the sense of belonging. Family ties, guilt, and the pain of past choices drive the characters to confront the curse together.

👻 Ghosts and Hauntings

Spectral figures—flower girls, spirits of the dead, and troubled ancestors—signal that the living cannot escape their histories. The ghosts manifest at crucial moments of joy, turning celebrations into peril. The hauntings force the protagonists to seek guidance from a psychic and a hermit, culminating in a ritual to sever the connection between the living and the dead.

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