The Borrowed Face) is a 1992 Filipino drama film directed by Joel Lamangan from a screenplay written by Ronaldo C. Carballo and Amado Lacuesta, based on the komiks story of the same name written by Pablo S.
[3] In 2007, the film was remade into a television drama series of the same name by ABS-CBN as the second installment of Sineserye Presents and starred Heart Evangelista, Geoff Eigenmann, and TJ Trinidad.
[4][5] Carissa (Nanette Medved), who lives with her mother Timotea (Daria Ramirez) and grandmother Emma (Caridad Sanchez), is often a subject of ridicule in their community particularly their Kapitana (Lorli Villanueva) and her daughter Shirley (Cherry Pie Picache) because of the mother and daughter's appearances.
However, they had a kind neighbor named Mendez (Cesar Montano), who came from a wealthy family and was searching for his godfather, Dr. Hugo Roldan (Christopher De Leon), a famous plastic surgeon who was researching creating a perfect and beautiful woman.
Ella Mae Saison performed the movie's theme song, "Hiram na Sandali".