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Four Sisters and a Wedding

Four Sisters and A Wedding is a 2013 Filipino comedy-drama film directed by Cathy Garcia-
Molina and critically acclaimed as one of Philippines' best film of all time. The film features Star
Cinema's most prominent young actresses: Toni Gonzaga, Bea Alonzo, Angel Locsin and Shaina
Magdayao, as the four sisters attempting to stop the wedding of their younger brother played by
Enchong Dee. Actress Angelica Panganiban was originally part of the main cast but was pulled
out and was replaced by Shaina Magdayao.

Four Sisters and A Wedding

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Theatrical movie poster

Directed by

Cathy Garcia-Molina

Produced by

Charo Santos-Concio

Malou N. Santos

Written by

Vanessa Valdez

Screenplay by

Vanessa Valdez
Based on

Original Screenplay by Jose Javier Reyes

Starring

Toni Gonzaga

Bea Alonzo

Angel Locsin

Shaina Magdayao

Enchong Dee

Music by

Raul Mitra

Cinematography

Noel Teehankee

Edited by

Marya Ignacio

Production

company

ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc.

Distributed by

Star Cinema

TFC Films (International)[1]

Release date

June 26, 2013

July 5, 2013 (International)

Running time

120 mins
Country

Philippines

Language

Tagalog

English

Budget

PHP 20 Million (estimated)

Box office

P145,029,261 [2]

The film is part of Star Cinema's 20th anniversary presentation in collaboration with Rebisco's
50th anniversary. Four Sisters and a Wedding was released in the Philippines on June 26, 2013,
and internationally on July 5, 2013 [3]

Plot Edit

When CJ the youngest of the family, announced that he is getting married, his sister Gabbie,
convinces the other sisters to come back home for the wedding as requested by their mother
Grace (Connie Reyes). Teddie (Toni Gonzaga) , the eldest, is working as a waitress and
housekeeper in Madrid; the second sister Bobbie (Bea Alonzo), works as a corporate
communications manager in New York and is living with her boyfriend Tristan (San Milby)and
his daughter Trixie ; the third sister Alex (Angel Locsin) is living independently and works as a
film director; while Gabbie (Shaina Magdayao) is a school teacher.

Bobbie, having a difficult relationship with Trixie, is pressured by the eagerness of Tristan to get
married but she informs him that they should pave way for CJ first, as he is getting married in
two weeks time. Alex, on the other hand, is having a hard time with her film making gig as well
as her relationship with Bobbie's ex - Chad (Bernard Palanca). Meanwhile, Teddie has not earned
enough to buy a plane ticket so she asked help from her housekeeping colleague, Frodo (Janus
del Prado) and convinced him that they go back to Manila together for the wedding and pretend
that they are a couple.
When the family reunites, the sisters expressed their opinion on CJ's abrupt decision of getting
married over family dinner. Offended by their remarks, CJ walks out on his family. The sisters go
after him to apolgize and explain to him that they are just concerned. CJ accepts their apology
but tells them to behave themselves for when they meet his fiancée, Princess (Angeline Quinto),
and her family, The Bayags.

During the gathering at the Bayags' villa, the sisters were taken aback when Princess' father asks
him to sign a prenuptial agreement. It was also explained that the wedding should take place as
soon as possible because Princess’ grandfather wants to have grandchildren before he dies.
Appalled by the Bayags, the sisters decide to formulate a plan to stop the wedding from
happening. When Bobbie suggests that maybe CJ is only marrying Princess because she was "the
best candidate in a diminishing pool of options", Teddie asks their lesbian housekeeper, Toti
Marie (Cecil Paz), to introduce CJ to a lot of girls. Toti Marie then came up with a boys’ night
out with hookers that ended up in them getting drunk; and the plan to change CJ's mind about the
wedding failed.

While the boys were getting sober, Princess arrived at the Salazars to surprise the family for
breakfast. Alex invited Chad over, which made the whole moment awkward, especially for
Bobbie. The following day, as Tristan was about to leave overseas for business, he tells Bobbie
that by the time he gets back, she should now be willing to marry him. Alex, who overheard the
incident, gave a comment with which Bobbie dismissed. Later on, Alex went to see Chad and
asked him to marry her. Chad disagreed with the idea.

Meanwhile, Teddie and Frodo spent their day scrutinizing any filthy secrets that has to do with
the Bayags. They went on to one of the Bayags’ family businesses - a spa which has an obscene
tag line and offers a “happy ending” to their customers. Thinking that they’d be able to find
anomalies, Teddie advised Frodo to avail one of the services, and that he should call her when
the “happy ending” is about to happen. As Frodo was moaning in one of the massage areas,
Teddie immediately called the police to have the area inspected. They found out that the “happy
ending” was in fact, thinking of happy thoughts after a massage.

Jeanette (Carmi Martin) arrives at the scene she confronts Teddie and threatens her that she’ll
also have the Salazars investigated on whatever dirty secrets that they are keeping. On the way
home, Teddie, troubled that her secrets might surface, had an argument with Frodo because he
was suggesting that she should just admit it that she is not really working as a teacher in Spain.

CJ confronted his sisters because of the spa incident and assured them that the wedding will take
place no matter what. The sisters also squabbled with one another on a personal level but they
were interrupted by the arrival of their mother. Later on that evening, Bobbie saw Chad flirting
with another woman while buying condoms at a convenience store.

The following morning, Bobbie initiated to talk to Alex about what she saw but they ended up
arguing with each other because of it. On the other hand, Teddie went to see Frodo and asked for
forgiveness for what happened the other day. When she returned home, she was welcomed by the
Bayags who came over to show the gowns that they are going to wear for the wedding. The
Salazars did not like the gown designs so Honey Boy (Boboy Garovillo) decided that they play
charades - wherein the family who wins gets to decide what gown designs to wear on the
wedding day.

During the game, the Bayags kept on pointing hints that Teddie is a maid. Noticing this, Grace
immediately disrupted them and had the Bayags leave for insulting her daughter inside their own
home. Jeanette mentioned before leaving that Teddie is a “maid in Spain”. Grace confronted
Teddie about it, who admitted that when Spain was in crisis, she was one of the teachers who
was laid off. The confrontation also opened the opportunity to discuss their family’s problems
and the envy that the sisters feel with one another. In the end, they all hugged each other and
found peace.

The following day, Alex and Bobbie spoke to one another sincerely and they’ve decided that
Alex should confront Chad and end things. They went to see him and caught him with another
woman. Alex ended her relationship with him and also warned Chad’s other woman. Later that
day, the sisters surprised Grace with piled crackers as a gift for her when suddenly, CJ called in
to inform that Princess’ grandfather died. The family went to express their condolences to the
Bayags and they apologized to one another for all the troubles that they have brought in their
respective families.

Due to a Filipino cultural superstition called Sukob (prohibiting nuptials within a year following
an immediate family member’s death), CJ and Princess’ wedding did not push through. In order
for the preparations and expenses not to go to waste, Bobbie used it as a chance to fulfill
Tristan’s dream of marrying her.

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