Sukob

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Sukob
Kris Aquino and Claudine Barretto on the DVD cover.
Directed by	Chito Rono
Starring	Kris Aquino Claudine Barretto Wendell Ramos Bernard Palanca Maja Salvador Boots Anson-Roa Glaiza de Castro
Distributed by	Star Cinema
Release date(s)	July 28, 2006
Running time	100 min
Country	Philippines
Language	Tagalog, English,

Sukob (titled The Wedding Curse internationally) is a 2006 Star Cinema film starring Kris Aquino and Claudine Barretto. The movie was directed by Chito Rono who Kris worked with in the 2004 hit horror film Feng Shui. It was released on July 28, 2006 and went on to become the highest grossing Filipino film of the year, grossing more than 200 million pesos at the box office (said by Aquino on her talk show The Buzz).

1 Plot
2 Reception
3 Cast
4 See Also
5 External Links

[edit] Plot

The plot centers around the Philippine belief of wedding curses. In this movie, two long lost sisters- Sandy (Kris Aquino) and Diana (Claudine Barretto) are both confused because each of their family members begin to die and their bodies cannot be found. This happens after their weddings. They must reunite somehow to stop the curse but one of them must make a sacrifice. A detailed overview of the movie will follow.

[edit] Reception

The movie became a hit within days of its release. The movie quickly became a phenomenon over the country with people saying it was more frightening than Chito Rono's previous horror offering Feng Shui. Kris Aquino has stated that Sukob grossed more than 200 million pesos at the box office and is the most successful Pinoy movie of all time.