Back in the late 70s and 80s, while I was immersing myself in the local movie industry, Mother Lily Monteverde was there to feed me. There’s a metaphor there somewhere.
At the filming of Strangers in Paradise in Honolulu, Hawaii, she graciously gave me a ticket to cover Snooky Serna and Lloyd Samartino with their director, Lino Brocka. It was to be my very first trip to the United States.
I would usually come early, only to find Dolor Guevarra already seated in the garden area. Before 6 p.m., the table would be laden with food, almost like a buffet spread. Even as Mother Lily would still be in her room, waking up from an afternoon nap, she would holler to any of her helpers to bring us to the dining area to eat.
What I’m saying is that throughout her lifetime, Mother Lily was generous, oftentimes, too generous to a fault. She bought houses for her contract stars in nice villages and gifted them with cars when their films were declared hits. She loved the entertainment press and showered them with goodness gracious, and so much more.
I felt so close to her that when I got married in the early 90s, I asked her to stand as one of our ninangs. She graciously accepted and showed up in church so early in the morning, completely made up and dressed in a beautiful Filipiniana gown.
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