[1] In a quiet, rural village, Jacinta (Maricel Soriano) patiently tends to her mother Almeda (Armida Siguion-Reyna), a religious and pious woman who has slowly been losing her sanity since the death of her husband Arcadio (Robert Arevalo) several years prior.

Her sanity unraveling, Jacinta expresses her jealousy over their father's favor of Clarita and they have an intense brawl at the cemetery before Peping breaks it up.

Their issues resolved, Clarita tells Peping to take care of her sister before she and Joey return to Manila and bring Almeda so she could seek treatment.

[2][3] After the pandemic restrictions were eased, the film's restored version finally received a theatrical release on March 19, 2023 at the Manila Metropolitan Theater, as part of the "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng Filipino" exhibition.

[4] The screening includes a talkback session with the attendance of the film's director Carlos Siguion-Reyna, screenwriter Bibeth Orteza, lead actresses Maricel Soriano and Snooky Serna, co-stars Tirso Cruz III (who was the chairperson of FDCP at the time) and Jess Evardone, and Manet Dayrit, CEO of Central Digital Lab.

[4][5] Emanuel Levy of Variety wrote that the film was "elegantly and smoothly executed," while praising the "strong performances" of actresses Maricel Soriano and Snooky Serna who "make their roles seem more compassionate and appealing than they actually are.