Emir (film)

Emir  is a 2010 Filipino drama-musical film by acclaimed Filipino director Chito S. Roño. The film revolves around a girl that becomes a domestic helper in a fictional oil-rich Arab nation of Yememeni.

Plot
Amelia, a girl from a poor Ilocano family, decides to go abroad and find her fortune and also help her family. She becomes a maid of a royal family in the Middle East, which is running out of time, for the wife of the Sheikh is giving birth to a child. The newborn child is a son named Ahmed, and the Sheikh's wife asks Amelia to take care of the baby, to which she agrees. Amelia grows fond of the baby, teaching him to speak Tagalog and play tumbang preso.

After twelve years of service, Amelia's life has improved. Unfortunately, a war is coming and the royal family is forced to leave the palace in case they are attacked. When the palace is attacked, some of the maids and even the wife of the Sheikh are killed, but Amelia and Ahmed manage to escape by going to a secret door in the house and, with the help of Boyong the driver, go to a faraway place to hide.

One day, men riding on horseback took Ahmed away from Amelia. With the help of the government, Amelia returns home, where she starts her own business and lives a good life. Later she learns that the men who took Ahmed away were under orders from the Sheikh. Years later, someone with a familiar voice calls her "Yaya" and she sees Ahmed who has fully grown up. The film ends with Ahmed, Amelia and Boyong in Amelia's house. The shy Boyong even gives Amelia a necklace because he never had the chance to.

Cast and Characters 
Frencheska Farr as Amelia
Dulce as Ester
Sid Lucero as Victor
Jhong Hilario as Boyong
Kalila Aguilos as Tersing
Beverly Salviejo as Diday
Julia Clarete as Angie
 Anna Luna as Rachel
Liesl Batucan as Pearlsha
Melanie Dujunco as Mylene
Gigi Escalante as Amelia's grandmother
Bayang Barrios as Amelia's mom
Bodjie Pascua as Amelia's dad
Emil Sandoval as Jamal
Ned Hourani as Sheik
Valerie Bariou as Sheika
Ali Rasekhi as King
Huriyeh Maghazehi as sister of Ahmed
Joshua Elias Price Hourani as Ahmed (7 years old)
Mahdi Yazdian Varjani as Ahmed (12 years old)
Nelsito Gomez as Ahmed (19 years old)

References

External links 
 

Category:2010 films
Category:Philippine films
Category:Tagalog-language films
Category:Films directed by Chito S. Roño