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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Nimia, who worked as a prostitute back in Manila. She later opens a cabaret (to earn money for her father) in Cupang only for it to be shut down by Elsa's apostles.
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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Nimia, who worked as a prostitute back in Manila. She later opens a cabaret (to earn money for her father) in Cupang only for it to be shut down by Elsa's apostles.
* MamaBear: In one scene, Elsa's mother, having had enough with people constantly pestering Elsa, topples a table full of blessed water, exclaiming that she'll be back tomorrow and everyone should leave.
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* AmbiguousGender: Aling Pising's child, simply because of the subtitles referring to both genders. The English subs mostly referred to the child as "[[ShapedLikeItself child]]" but in one scene, referred to it as "son" while the Japanese repeatedly referred to the child as "娘 (musume)" which means daughter.
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* TheFundamentalist: The old beggar often shouts "Go to hell!" to any people who have done her wrong. Most of the time is because people refused to give her money [[spoiler: and when her child dies, she blames Elsa, crying that she will go to hell]].
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* TheFundamentalist: The old beggar often shouts "Go to hell!" to any people who have done her wrong. Most of the time is because people refused to give her money [[spoiler: and when her child dies, she blames Elsa, crying that she will go to hell]].
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* TheSixties[=/=]TheSeventies: The movie looks like it was TwoDecadesBehind and could've been set in the actual year the incident occurred. But as soon as Elsa mentioned having been found by the hill in 1958 and her age being 24, add that, and the year was actually set at then-present [[TheEighties 1982]] [[spoiler: (also in Chayong's gravestone, her year of death is 1982)]]. The barrio of Cupang is just so deserted and poverty stricken that it justifies the CrapsackWorld setting.
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** WaifProphet: She becomes this later on.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Elsa described seeing the Virgin Mary with a wound on her chest "like from a gunshot".
* TheFundamentalist: The old beggar often shouts "Go to hell!" to any people who have done her wrong. Most of the time is because people refused to give her money [[spoiler: and when her child dies, she blames Elsa, crying that she will go to hell]].
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* TheSixties[=/=]TheSeventies: The movie makes it look that way, what with the movie being set on time of the true incident it was based on. Hence, the lack of 80s flashiness and the movie looking like it was TwoDecadesBehind.
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SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: A minor character named Bella, the young woman being taken care of Lolo Hugo, the blind man. It's implied a few times that she's not as innocent as she looks. First, she was dragged away from the cabaret by the old man all the while complaining that she was just looking, and simply leaves it at that. The second time--and the last we see of her in the film [[spoiler: before she's seen helping other people carry Lolo Hugo off the hill after he was trampled]]--she is seen charming a white tourist.
* TheSixties[=/=]TheSeventies: The moviemakes it look that way, what with the movie being set on time of the true incident it was based on. Hence, the lack of 80s flashiness and the movie looking looks like it was TwoDecadesBehind.TwoDecadesBehind and could've been set in the actual year the incident occurred. But as soon as Elsa mentioned having been found by the hill in 1958 and her age being 24, add that, and the year was actually set at then-present [[TheEighties 1982]] [[spoiler: (also in Chayong's gravestone, her year of death is 1982)]]. The barrio of Cupang is just so deserted and poverty stricken that it justifies the CrapsackWorld setting.
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* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Elsa sees and hears the Virgin Mary during a Solar Eclipse as shown in the beginning. Actually, the eclipse is the first thing we see and the story starts there instantly.
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* HealingHands: People believe Elsa to have this. Later {{deconstructed}}.
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** Mrs. Alba cites Elsa's pregnancy as an "Immaculate Conception" (she actually means a Virgin birth) and thus see it as the first sign of the miracle coming back. [[spoiler: Elsa was actually showings signs of pregnancy from the rape]].
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** Mrs. Alba cites Elsa's pregnancy as an "Immaculate Conception" (she actually means a Virgin birth) and thus see sees it as the a first sign of the miracle coming back. [[spoiler: Elsa was actually showings showing signs of pregnancy from the rape]].
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'''ELSA LOVES YOU'''
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When [[HappyRain the rain]] finally came to the town, taking it as a sign that the miracles has returned and they gladly thank Elsa.
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When [[HappyRain the rain]] finally came to the town, taking it as a sign that the miracles miracle has returned and they gladly thank Elsa.Elsa.
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** Mrs. Alba cites Elsa's pregnancy as an "Immaculate Conception" (she actually means a Virgin birth) and thus see it as the first sign of the miracle coming back. [[spoiler: Elsa was actually showings signs of pregnancy from the rape]].
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* EpicFilm: Of sorts. The poster even had the words "with a cast of thousands". Subverted since the film was worked with a pretty average budget and there are no expensive sets. Most of the actors used are also not as famous as Nora Aunor
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* EpicFilm: Of sorts. The poster even had the words "with a cast of thousands". Subverted since the film was worked with a pretty average budget and there are no expensive sets. Most of the actors used are also not as famous as Nora AunorAunor.
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* EpicFilm: Of sorts. A poster of it even had the words "a cast of thousands". Subverted since the film was worked with a pretty average budget and there are no expensive sets.
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* SceneryGorn: Many, many scenes of the stampede with that took place after the shot was fired [[spoiler: to Elsa]].
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** WaifProphet: She becomes this later on.
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When [[HappyRain the rain finally came to the town, taking it as a sign that the miracles has returned and they gladly thank Elsa.
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* SceneryGorn: Many, many scenes of the stampede with that took place after the shot was fired [[spoiler: to Elsa]].
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* HumansAreBastards
* MourningClothes: Almost all of the townspeople when burying the victims of the cholera epidemic.
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* DownerEnding: [[ItWasHisSled You know the one. [[After delivering her FinalSpeech to the watching crowd about how 'there are no miracles', she gets shot by a random gunman, causing a violent stampede. She dies in the arms of her 'apostles' and the people mourn her death as she is taken away in an ambulance]].
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* DownerEnding: [[ItWasHisSled You know the one. [[After one]]. [[spoiler: After delivering her FinalSpeech to the watching crowd about how 'there are no miracles', she gets shot by a random gunman, causing a violent stampede. She dies in the arms of her 'apostles' and the people mourn her death as she is taken away in an ambulance]].
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* FramingDevice: When the director professes to the priest about his sin on [[spoiler: leaving Elsa and Chayong being raped as he shamelessly films it all, faraway shots of the scene from his camera are shown]].
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* DefiledForever: [[spoiler: Elsa and Chayong were raped by two drugged men on the way to the hill which they often went to to pray. Afterwards, Elsa has not been able to see the Virgin Mary and stopped healing due to the following epidemic and deaths. [[BreakTheCutie Though it was Chayong]] [[DrivenToSuicide who took it the hardest...]]
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* DefiledForever: [[spoiler: Elsa and Chayong were raped by two drugged men on the way to the hill which they often went to to pray. Afterwards, Elsa has not been able to see the Virgin Mary and stopped healing due to the following epidemic and deaths. [[BreakTheCutie Though it was Chayong]] [[DrivenToSuicide who took it the hardest...]]]]]]
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-->''"Waláng himalà! Ang himalà ay nasa puso ng tao, nasa puso nating lahat! Tayo ang gumagawâ ng mga himalà! Tayo ang gumagawâ ng mga sumpâ at ng mga diyos...""\\
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-->''"Waláng himalà! Ang himalà ay nasa puso ng tao, nasa puso nating lahat! Tayo ang gumagawâ ng mga himalà! Tayo ang gumagawâ ng mga sumpâ at ng mga diyos...""\\
("There are no miracles! Miracles are in people's hearts, in all our hearts! We are the ones who make miracles! We are the ones who make curses, and gods...")''
-->--'''Elsa''' (in the most iconic scene of the movie)
'''''Himala''''' ("Miracle") is a 1982 [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Filipino film]], starring Nora Aunor. Himala is the story of Elsa, a barrio lass whose visions of the Virgin Mary change her life and cause a sensation hysteria in a poor, isolated northern village in the midst of drought. The film is centred on the issues of religious faith and faithlessness, morality, and truth. Elsa, in her speech on the hill, delivered the film's (and Aunor's) most famous line, which is quoted above.
Himala became a box-office hit, earning an impressive 30 million pesos, becoming one of the highest grossing Filipino films in the 1980s.
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!!The following tropes include:
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When [[HappyRain the rain finally came to the town, taking it as a sign that the miracles has returned and they gladly thank Elsa.
* ArcWords: "ELSA LOVES YOU"
* BasedOnATrueStory: An incident between 1966-1967 about a teenage girl and the alleged Marian apparition.
* BilingualBonus: Meta-example: The subtitles in the film have both English and Japanese.
* BystanderEffect: A tragic case. Orly the director does nothing to help [[spoiler: both Elsa and Chayong being raped by two drugged youths on the hill]] and continued filming them for the sake of scoop.
* CrapsackWorld: The town is set in an almost desert-like landscape, thanks to a drought believed to be a curse after they drove away a leper. Then there's the townspeople...
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Elsa freezes in a particular pose that evokes such an image when [[spoiler: she was suddenly shot while professing to the people]].
* DefiledForever: [[spoiler: Elsa and Chayong were raped by two drugged men on the way to the hill which they often went to to pray. Afterwards, Elsa has not been able to see the Virgin Mary and stopped healing due to the following epidemic and deaths. [[BreakTheCutie Though it was Chayong]] [[DrivenToSuicide who took it the hardest...]]
* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: All over the place. Extras and all.
* DownerEnding: [[ItWasHisSled You know the one. [[After delivering her FinalSpeech to the watching crowd about how 'there are no miracles', she gets shot by a random gunman, causing a violent stampede. She dies in the arms of her 'apostles' and the people mourn her death as she is taken away in an ambulance]].
* EpicFilm: Of sorts. A poster of it even had the words "a cast of thousands".
* {{Fanservice}}: Nimia, flashing her naked body [[CrossingTheLineTwice to a bunch of young boys]] after catching them peeping at the women in her cabaret.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Elsa seemingly gives a faint smile before finally succumbing to the gunshot wound on her chest]].
* HeroicBSOD: Elsa after [[spoiler: being raped along with Chayong, seeing her dead body hanged, and witnessing the death of people under the hands of an epidemic]] which caused her to stop healing.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Were there really no miracles?
* MysteriousWaif: Elsa is found on the titular hill as a baby by her adoptive mother.
** WaifProphet: She becomes this later on.
* PeacefulInDeath: Elsa, as she finally breathes her last breath, in contrast with the cacophony below.
* PrayerPose: Elsa, kneeling with hands clasped together and her head tilted up high to the Heavens.
* RecurringExtra: The crazy lady (Aling Pising) that carries her child ([[spoiler: which eventually dies, due to an epidemic]]) everywhere, asking for help to random passersby.
* SacrificialLamb: Guess who.
* TheSixties[=/=]TheSeventies: The movie makes it look that way, what with the movie being set on time of the true incident it was based on. Hence, the lack of 80s flashiness and the movie looking like it was TwoDecadesBehind.
* MourningClothes: Almost all of the townspeople when burying the victims of the cholera epidemic.
* TheUnreveal: Subverted. While it is not known ''who'' exactly is Elsa's killer and ''why'' he had done it, he is seen being beaten up by several men in response to his actions.
* [[WomanInWhite Women in White]]
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-->''"Waláng himalà! Ang himalà ay nasa puso ng tao, nasa puso nating lahat! Tayo ang gumagawâ ng mga himalà! Tayo ang gumagawâ ng mga sumpâ at ng mga diyos...""\\
("There are no miracles! Miracles are in people's hearts, in all our hearts! We are the ones who make miracles! We are the ones who make curses, and gods...")''
-->--'''Elsa''' (in the most iconic scene of the movie)
'''''Himala''''' ("Miracle") is a 1982 [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Filipino film]], starring Nora Aunor. Himala is the story of Elsa, a barrio lass whose visions of the Virgin Mary change her life and cause a sensation hysteria in a poor, isolated northern village in the midst of drought. The film is centred on the issues of religious faith and faithlessness, morality, and truth. Elsa, in her speech on the hill, delivered the film's (and Aunor's) most famous line, which is quoted above.
Himala became a box-office hit, earning an impressive 30 million pesos, becoming one of the highest grossing Filipino films in the 1980s.
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!!The following tropes include:
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When [[HappyRain the rain finally came to the town, taking it as a sign that the miracles has returned and they gladly thank Elsa.
* ArcWords: "ELSA LOVES YOU"
* BasedOnATrueStory: An incident between 1966-1967 about a teenage girl and the alleged Marian apparition.
* BilingualBonus: Meta-example: The subtitles in the film have both English and Japanese.
* BystanderEffect: A tragic case. Orly the director does nothing to help [[spoiler: both Elsa and Chayong being raped by two drugged youths on the hill]] and continued filming them for the sake of scoop.
* CrapsackWorld: The town is set in an almost desert-like landscape, thanks to a drought believed to be a curse after they drove away a leper. Then there's the townspeople...
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Elsa freezes in a particular pose that evokes such an image when [[spoiler: she was suddenly shot while professing to the people]].
* DefiledForever: [[spoiler: Elsa and Chayong were raped by two drugged men on the way to the hill which they often went to to pray. Afterwards, Elsa has not been able to see the Virgin Mary and stopped healing due to the following epidemic and deaths. [[BreakTheCutie Though it was Chayong]] [[DrivenToSuicide who took it the hardest...]]
* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: All over the place. Extras and all.
* DownerEnding: [[ItWasHisSled You know the one. [[After delivering her FinalSpeech to the watching crowd about how 'there are no miracles', she gets shot by a random gunman, causing a violent stampede. She dies in the arms of her 'apostles' and the people mourn her death as she is taken away in an ambulance]].
* EpicFilm: Of sorts. A poster of it even had the words "a cast of thousands".
* {{Fanservice}}: Nimia, flashing her naked body [[CrossingTheLineTwice to a bunch of young boys]] after catching them peeping at the women in her cabaret.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Elsa seemingly gives a faint smile before finally succumbing to the gunshot wound on her chest]].
* HeroicBSOD: Elsa after [[spoiler: being raped along with Chayong, seeing her dead body hanged, and witnessing the death of people under the hands of an epidemic]] which caused her to stop healing.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Were there really no miracles?
* MysteriousWaif: Elsa is found on the titular hill as a baby by her adoptive mother.
** WaifProphet: She becomes this later on.
* PeacefulInDeath: Elsa, as she finally breathes her last breath, in contrast with the cacophony below.
* PrayerPose: Elsa, kneeling with hands clasped together and her head tilted up high to the Heavens.
* RecurringExtra: The crazy lady (Aling Pising) that carries her child ([[spoiler: which eventually dies, due to an epidemic]]) everywhere, asking for help to random passersby.
* SacrificialLamb: Guess who.
* TheSixties[=/=]TheSeventies: The movie makes it look that way, what with the movie being set on time of the true incident it was based on. Hence, the lack of 80s flashiness and the movie looking like it was TwoDecadesBehind.
* MourningClothes: Almost all of the townspeople when burying the victims of the cholera epidemic.
* TheUnreveal: Subverted. While it is not known ''who'' exactly is Elsa's killer and ''why'' he had done it, he is seen being beaten up by several men in response to his actions.
* [[WomanInWhite Women in White]]
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