Filipina Dreamgirls Pt 1

Filipina Dreamgirls directed by Les Blair. (Part 1)
Starring: David Thewlis (Professor Lupin of Harry Potter fame)

Filipino Dreamgirls tells the tale of a number of men from Wales all looking for romance and a wife in the Philippines. Follows them first contacting the women by snail mail and then travelling to this exotic and unfamiliar culture. They learn that some girls have a hidden past, but both are seeking to come together. Follow their stories in a true-to-life scenario with a few happy endings.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Filipino
• Dreamgirls
• dream
• girls
• Asian
• Philippines
• love
• story
• Wales
• penpal
• Les
• Blair
• David
• Thewlis
• ScreenOne
• mail
• order
• bride
• Remus
• Lupin
• Filipina

[methersgate]

Delighted to find this old favourite (lived in the Phillipines, married to a Filipina since before this film was made) and may I thank you for taking the trouble to upload it.

It's remarkably well written and directed, on a BBC budget.

[Repobrain]

A number of people actually express it wasn't quite real. I watched it before going to the Philippines, sure enough the movie depicts everything accurately. The movie does a good job of showing different scenarios of women with their various backgrounds meeting someone for the purpose of marriage and different results that can come from it. The Internet has replaced a matchmaker as depicted in the film and blossoms.com is now probably the largest Internet dating site for Filipino women.

[digitalpapa2]

I love this movie! I have an old VHS copy that I recorded myself when I saw the listing and watched it on A&E channel here in the U.S. a while back. My VHS copy is watchable but in poor condition. This is much better. So glad that I thought of Googling the title after watching Harry Potter Prisoner From Azkaban and seeing Professor Lupin! Thanks for uploading it!

[Repobrain]

@digitalpapa2  Like you I saw on A&E channel and decided to record it many years ago. Have not seen it ever come back on TV. Kind of a classic when you see a very young Professor Lupin in it

[Manongjojo]

This is a old movie. That girl in the starting scene with the glasses is all grown now. She was on a popular drama on TFC.

[Repobrain]

@Manongjojo------ The woman with glasses was Tim's date (Tim is David Thewlis (plays Remus Lupin in Harry Potter films) what was the woman's name that is now famous in TFC. Although the credits are on this film it does not clearly indicate her name... Let us know

[docwiltro]

Filipina Dreamgirls is very realistic and true to life depiction of the experiences of foreign men coming to the Philippines looking for brides in the days before the Internet, in the heyday of pen pal relationships.

I was struck too with the casting of authentic looking and sounding Filipina women; plus, this movie included some really good music from the '80's: certainly, a must see film for any foreign gentlemen considering taking an island girl for a bride.

[MsMDarling]

ooh, david thewlis in the phils. awesome.

[babykevinxoxo]

I will take 2 lol

[methersgate]

Delighted to find this old favourite (lived in the Phillipines, married to a Filipina since before this film was made) and may I thank you for taking the trouble to upload it.

[PaganMam]

RIP Grav!

[CapnRon1987]

Having lived in the P.I. for 4 years I really got homesick watching this movie. It's one of my all-time faves. Even though alot of it is stereo typing, it's pretty close. Lovin it!