The couple's deaf-mute son, Miguel, is tested and "must rise above his handicap" after the tragedies experienced by the family.

Arturo succeeds in convincing his mother, Maria, to mortgage the rice fields before going back to Manila.

[5] Though the shooting schedule was "rigorous", the film crew managed to set up a fiesta in the province for Narcisa de León, cofounder of LVN Pictures, in celebration of her birthday on October 29, 1959.

The 35mm print was stored at the ABS-CBN Film Archives and compiled under the collection of the majority of LVN Pictures' library.

The restoration team also adjusted the film's color and brightness in order to make it closely identical to the original form.

[7] It was also premiered theatrically on October 17, 2019, as part of Centennial Classics exhibition for the QCinema International Film Festival with the attendance of the two original lead stars Rosa Rosal and Marita Zobel, as well as the representatives of the film's staff and cast members who had previously died or were unable to attend, including actress-singer Zsa Zsa Padilla and her daughter Zia Quizon (representing their father and grandfather, respectively), Rap Fernandez (representing his uncle), the family of Tony Santos Sr., and Toni Rose Gayda (Rosa Rosal's daughter).