History Film / NatutulogPaAngDiyos

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* ForWantOfANail: The Ramirez are completely negligent of Gillian. Patria treats her more like a house slave than a daughter but you are reminded that they're not really related. Had they treated even their own flesh and blood like the way they treat Gillian, Bernardo and Patria would've been considered unacceptable parents and much more outright evil characters, only to be forgiven this time because Gillian's not their real child and are pining for the love of their real son, Andrew.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mrs. Rose Velasco for the most part in the movie is very timid and soft-spoken, never raising her hand to the point of pacifism. Yet after truth came out and pays the Ramirez' out of the kindness of her heart for raising Gillian, [[spoiler:she slaps Patria and screams about it to her face afterwards because Patria was especially cruel to Gillian]]. This action notably shocked everyone in the room.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mrs. Rose Velasco for the most part in the movie is very timid and soft-spoken, never raising her hand to the point of pacifism. Yet after truth came out and pays the Ramirez' out of the kindness of her heart for raising Gillian, [[spoiler:she slaps Patria, knowing well about the way he treated all that time and screams about it to her face]]. It even shocked her husband to the point of holding her shoulders down lest she got more incensed.

* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: The Ramirez' act like this every time they see their son in trouble, to the point of blaming Gillian for something that was clearly his fault just to protect him.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The entire scene with [[spoiler:Gillian beating Lani in the shower]].

* AbusiveParents: Gillian's parents, especially her mother. Sure, Patria knows that that's not her real daughter and it's understandable how upsetting it must've been to give up her biological child, but the beatings she gave the poor girl was still uncalled for. Their worst came into head when after Andrew attempted to feel her up and Gillian is obliged to say what happened, they gang up on her back home and Bernardo is the first to hit her before proceeding to give her a verbal lashing.

%%* {{Jerkass}}: Andrew.
%%** Gillian's parents, Patria and Bernardo.
%%** Lani, her younger sister.

''Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos'' (lit. ''God Is Still Sleeping'') is a 1988 Filipino drama film directed by Lino Brocka, based on the original novel of the same name by Ruben R. Marcelino. The film stars Lorna Tolentino, Ricky Davao, Gary Valenciano, Gina Pareño, Dante Rivero, Ricky Belmonte and Maria Zobel.

* IncestIsRelative: Mr. Velasco gave Andrew the choice whether to live with his real parents or stay with them under the condition that he comes to love and welcome Gillian as his sister. Nobody seems to comment on his actions towards her prior to everyone knowing the truth (i.e. peeping at her in the shower, trying to kiss her while doing laundry, and the climax in which he [[spoiler:attempted to rape her). Fortunately, he chose the former]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Andrew.
** Gillian's parents, Patria and Bernardo.
** Lani, her younger sister.

''Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos'' (lit. ''God Is Still Sleeping'') is a 1988 Filipino drama film based on the original novel of the same name by Ruben R. Marcelino.

Patria Ramirez and and their boss's wife Rose Velasco give birth together during a dark and stormy night while driving towards the hospital. The midwife makes it clear that he has a son while the other had a daughter. To ensure that their son will have a better life and not having to suffer poverty and hardship like they did, [[SwitchedAtBirth he decides to give the son to Rose, making her and their boss think that she had given birth to a boy]], eventually Christened as "Andrew", while only he and his wife know about this. As a result, the children grow distant from their families and out of frustration of having to give up her real child, resorts to maltreating Gillian, the Velasco's real child. However, the children who were not aware of being switched at birth find themselves drawn closer to each other's respective parents. Gillian finds comfort with Andrew's mother and vice versa. She eventually finds comfort with Mark, a rich suitor. Jealous of Gillian's new found attention, Andrew decides to force himself on Gillian, an act which leads to the revelation of the secret of their parentage.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Ramirez', to dramatic effect. The parents beat the eldest and intentionally ignore her, the second daughter is a whiny brat that inherited the mother's negative qualities, and the youngest son is forced to have no say about the abuse they hand out to Gilliana and even gets beaten as well for trying to interfere.

* DumbMuscle: Andrew. He exercises, sure, but could never get the upper hand when it comes to hand to hand combat.

* TheEighties

* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: {{Inverted}}. [[spoiler: Mrs. Velasco first insisted they accept her payment for having raised Gillian. Then she delivers an open-palmed slap to Patria for all the pain and suffering they gave her]].

** [[spoiler: The moment Gillian figured out that Lani had thrown away Mark's presents for her incurred her wrath. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge The results are not pretty]]]].

* TheDogBitesBack: It was the last straw for Gillian when she found out Lani decided to not let her know about the chocolates that Mark brought for her [Gillian] and [[spoiler: quickly proceeds to torment her in the shower while at the same time, makes her confess about stealing the jewelry her mother planned on selling herself]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: The truth was out and Gillian and Andrew are back in their rightful families. Gillian also married Mark by the end]].
* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. [[spoiler: Bernardo begs for Gillian to forgive him and Patria for treating her so horribly after they put her back to her rightful parents. She then runs off, explaining to Mark that she's not yet ready to do so because she put up with their abuse for so long and needed some time to think about it. They're still invited to her wedding in the end, though]].

* FilmOfTheBook

* FreudianExcuse: Your husband forcing you to give up your first-born son and to be quiet about it can practically excuse your maltreatment of the "daughter" you never even had in the first place.

* GoodParents: Rose Velasco is the only decent parent seen for the most part, and genuinely loved Andrew [[spoiler: and still does even after knowing that he was not their real son]]. Before that, she never beat him and even when she didn't know yet that Gillian was her real daughter, she treated her much more tenderly as if she was her own.

* GrewASpine: Gillian, after meeting Mark who advises her to at least fight back. Notoriously cemented when [[spoiler: she beats Lani, having deceived her for the last time when she purposely hid the fact about Mark coming to their house to give Gillian flowers and a box of chocolates]].
* GroinAttack: [[spoiler: Gillian does this to Andrew to get out of having him force himself on her]].
* IncestIsRelative: Mr. Velasco gave Andrew the choice whether to live with his real parents or stay with them under the condition that he comes to love and welcome Gillian as his sister. Nobody seems to comment on his actions towards her prior to everyone knowing the truth (i.e. peeping at her in the shower, trying to kiss her while doing laundry, and the climax in which he [[spoiler: attempted to rape her). Fortunately, he chose the former]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The entire scene with [[spoiler: Gillian beating Lani in the shower]].

* AMinorKidroduction
* NiceGuy: Mark, notably. Gillian's "younger brother" Boy as well given that he's the only one in the family that didn't treat her like dirt, to the point of protecting her when their mother gets too out of hand with beating her.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mrs. Rose Velasco for the most part in the movie is very timid and soft-spoken, never raising her hand to the point of pacifism. Yet after truth came out and pays the Ramirez' out of the kindness of her heart for raising Gillian, [[spoiler: she slaps Patria, knowing well about the way he treated all that time and screams about it to her face]]. It even shocked her husband to the point of holding her shoulders down lest she got more incensed.

* PrecisionFStrike: Bernardo fed up with the way Andrew is treating him decides to deliver the news that goes by the line "This fucking old man is your father" (note that this quote is obviously translated for convenience).

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The birthmark both Bernardo and Andrew have on their feet as a damning evidence to confirm who's child is whom]].

* SpoiledBrat: Andrew, as a kid. He doesn't grow out of it unfortunately, making him a [[BrattyTeenageDaughter Bratty]] [[SpearCounterpart Young Adult Son]] later. [[spoiler: Only until the end was when he realized his mistakes]].

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Gillian beating Lani for not telling her about Mark's presents for her and for having been terribly {{Misblamed}} for stealing the jewelry]].

* WouldHurtAChild: Patria's treatment of Gillian, to an infuriating degree.

'''''Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos''''' (lit. ''God Is Still Sleeping'') is a 1988 Filipino drama film based on the original novel of the same name by Ruben R. Marcelino.

** A justified case with Andrew's father because his son has almost no ambition and talks back. Even lampshaded by the mother at one point which implied, while she doesn't like him to be seen hurt, she's not disapproving of her husbands way of disciplining him either.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: The baby switch. Only Mrs. Velasco was unconscious enough to be unaware of the true gender of the baby she gave birth to, but Patria wasn't, meaning Bernardo didn't know the consequences of having to forcefully separate a child from a mother who was clearly against it. See WhatTheHellHero.

* TheEighties
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may not be a complete monster, but Bernardo is apparently not okay with Patria forcing Gillian to work at the club to be a call girl and calls her out on it for doing so, telling her not to make her go back there again. Understandable considering that Patria used to work there herself as shown in the beginning and he never really accepted the kind of work she did even back then.

* SanitySlippage: Not much, but Patria is right to the point of breaking a nerve the more she beat and shouted Gillian. Still forced to keep quiet about the switch doesn't help.

* SpoiledSweet: Mark, a rich suitor that upon seeing Gillian being forced into working at the club, decides to get her as far away from the place as possible. He proves to be of help later on.

''Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos'' (lit. ''God Is Still Sleeping'') is a 1988 Filipino drama film based on the original novel of the same name by Ruben R. Marcelino.

* SwitchedAtBirth: The main premise of the film. Later {{deconstructed}}.

* WhatTheHellHero: Maybe "hero" is no way to put him, but Bernardo switching the babies at birth still counts. What's worse, Patria knows that she gave birth to a boy and cannot be fooled. No amount of pleading from her would change his mind though and as the years went by, she becomes emotionally unstable, taking her frustrations out on her "supposed" daughter by beating her.

'''''Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos''''' (lit. ''God Is Still Sleeping'') is a 1988 Filipino drama film based on the original novel of the same name by Ruben R. Marcelino.

* AMinorKidroduction.

* IncestIsRelative: Mr. Velasco gave Andrew the choice whether to live with his real parents or stay with them under the condition that he comes to love and welcome Gillian as his sister. Nobody seems to comment on his actions towards her prior to everyone knowing the truth (i.e. peeping at her in the shower, trying to kiss her while doing laundry, and the climax in which he [[spoiler: attempted to rape her]]). Fortunately, he chose the former]].

* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. [[spoiler: Bernardo begs for Gillian to forgive him and Patria for treating her so horribly after they put her back to her rightful parents. She then runs off, explaining to Mark that she's not yet ready to do so because she put up with their abuse for so long and needed some time to think about it. They're still invited to her wedding in the end, though]].

* ArsonMurderAndLifeSaving: {{Inverted}}. [[spoiler: Mrs. Velasco first insisted they accept her payment for having raised Gillian. Then she delivers an open-palmed slap to Patria for all the pain and suffering they gave her]].

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: The baby switch. Only Mrs. Velasco was unconscious enough to be unaware of the true gender of the baby she gave birth to, but Patria wasn't. See WhatTheHellHero.

* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: The Ramirez' act like this every time they see their son in trouble, to the point of blaming Gillian for something that was clearly his fault.

* WhatTheHellHero: Maybe "hero" is no way to put it, but Bernardo switching the babies at birth was the most terrible thing he had done. What's worse, Patria knows that she gave birth to a boy and cannot be fooled. No amount of pleading from her would change his mind though and as the years went by, she becomes emotionally unstable, taking her frustrations out on her "supposed" daughter by beating her.

Patria Ramirez and and their boss's wife Rose Velasco give birth together during a dark and stormy night while driving towards the hospital. The midwife makes it clear that he has a son while the other had a daughter. To ensure that their son will have a better life, he decides to give the son to Rose, making her and their boss think that she had given birth to a boy, eventually Christened as "Andrew", while only he and his wife know about this. As a result, the children grow distant from their families and out of frustration of having to give up her real child, resorts to maltreating Gillian, the Velasco's real child. However, the children who were not aware of being switched at birth find themselves drawn closer to each other's respective parents. Gillian finds comfort with Andrew's mother and vice versa. She eventually finds comfort with Mark, a rich suitor. Jealous of Gillian's new found attention, Andrew decides to force himself on Gillian, an act which leads to the revelation of the secret of their parentage.

** The Velasco parents in general. Because Andrew is a spoiled, irresponsible {{jerkass}} of a son that talks back to his father and refuses to do better in his studies, you can't blame Mike for having to lay a hand upon him at least once. And he never beats him senselessly, [[AbusiveParents unlike Patria towards Gillian]].