Bakit May Kahapon Pa? (Digitally Enhanced)

Bakit may Kahapon Pa? (Why Is There a Yesterday?) is a 1996 Filipino drama film directed by Joel Lamangan. It is about a village girl who is mysteriously spared when a platoon of soldiers led by Colonel Valderamma (Garcia) massacres her family along with peasants accused of sympathizing with the communists. When the girl has grown up, her body has healed but her mind is yet to recover from the horrible experience. She continues to thirst for revenge and crafts a scheme to exact retribution. She eyes the head of the military mission who instigated the carnage that she survived. He is now a well-admired retiring general who is about to cap his career with the service’s highest honors.

Karina Salvacion (Nora Aunor), a village girl who is mysteriously spared when a platoon of soldiers led by Colonel Valderrama (Eddie Garcia) massacres her family along with the peasants of the town of San Marco accused of sympathizing with the Communists, seeks revenge for this massacre when she has grown up. Her body has healed, but her mind is still recovering from the horrible experience and she thirsts for revenge. She crafts a scheme to exact retribution. She eyes the head of the military mission who instigated the carnage that she survived; he is now a well-admired retiring general about to cap his career with the service’s highest honors. The man is at last within her reach–the drama of revenge is nearing its climax–now Karina will set it into action.

Director: Joel Lamangan
Writers: Roy Iglesias, Julius Alfonso
Stars: Nora Aunor, Dawn Zulueta, Melisse Santiago, Eddie Garcia, Daniel Fernando, Allan Sia, Sarah Jane Abad, Tony Mabesa, Ernie Zarate, Ray Ventura, Angel Baldomar, Elmer Jamias, Rolando Tinio, Jim Pebanco, Irma Adlawan, Raul Dimaano, Julie Fe Navarro, Madeleine Nicolas