Nasaan Ka Man () is a Filipino romantic drama horror-thriller film directed by Cholo Laurel and written by Ricky Lee and Rafael Hidalgo. It boasts performances by the country’s young leading dramatic actors Claudine Barretto, Jericho Rosales and Diether Ocampo with Hilda Koronel and Gloria Diaz. Noted commercial director Cholo Laurel, in his first directorial debut in cinema, served as the director of the film.
Set in the mystical and fog-covered outskirts of Baguio, Nasaan Ka Man is a love story about a family shrouded in secrets. As the secrets are revealed, the family learns to let go of their hatred and forgive each other. The film tackles incestuous relationships, necrophilia, and other unpleasant themes that the film studio dared not to go off too far.
Diether Ocampo and Claudine Barretto were from Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin except Jericho Rosales, which is the former boyfriend of Kristine Hermosa next to Ocampo.
In March 2017, ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project released a digitally restored and remastered version of the film in iTunes in over 43 countries. The restoration of the film was made possible with the help of Central Digital Lab.
Plot
The plot centers on a trio of adopted children, Pilar, Ito, and Joven (Claudine Barretto, Diether Ocampo and Jericho Rosales, respectively) and the spinster sisters, Lilia (Gloria Diaz) and Trining (Hilda Koronel) who raised them. Despite the family's veneer of happiness, closer inspection reveals a clan that's cloaked in secrets.
Pilar and Joven are having a secret romantic relationship. Joven proposed to Pilar which was found out by Ito. During the New Year's Eve celebration, Pilar and Joven asked the blessing of their adoptive mother, Lilia, and her younger sister, Trining. Surprised, Lilia heavily opposed the couple to be wed for it is incestuous despite not being blood-related and hiding their relationship to her. Trining, on the other hand, supported the couple.
Later that night, Trining reminded Lilia about the latter's relationship with Nardo (Jhong Hilario) and how their father opposed the marriage. Lilia and Nardo tried to elope but they were chased by the police. The ensuing pursuit killed Nardo, after being shot by the police, this resulted to the sisters leaving their father.
On the next day, Lilia, realizing the similarities between her past and the couple, gave her blessing infuriating Ito. Lilia confronted Ito revealing that he has obsessive feelings for Pilar. Sometime after Ito kills a cat for no reason, and rapes their maid's daughter Lydia. Later, Joven, Pilar, Lilia, and Trining left the house for a local festival leaving Ito alone. While in the festival, Pilar became ill and driven home by Joven. Joven, about to pick up the sisters, left Pilar at home to rest. Ito realized he is alone with Pilar and took the chance to rape her. Joven, Lilia, and Trining arrived home and saw Ito flustered and running away. Joven followed Ito and the sisters go inside and found Pilar in a miserable state.
When Joven found out about what happened to Pilar, he confronted Ito in a nearby cliff. The two brothers fight until Ito was about to fall to the cliff only to be saved by Joven. Pilar arrived at the scene and Joven, caught off guard by Ito, was pushed to the cliff. Angry at what Ito did, Pilar pushed Ito to the cliff as well. The sisters, however, are not aware of the fate of the boys and searched for them. Later that night, Lilia warned all her connections to tell her in case one of the boys knocked on their doors. While praying, Pilar saw Ito's figure scaring her and comforted by an unscathed Joven, that emerged from the door, and the sisters thought that Pilar is hallucinating.
The doctor told that the hallucinations is caused by the trauma and Pilar is pregnant, resulted from Ito's sexual assault on her. Fearing that Ito might come back, Pilar decided to elope with Joven. In the bus station, Joven was told by an old man (Dante Rivero) sitting next to him that he knows Lilia and Trining. The old man told Joven to return home and find a pile of hospital bills in the basement of their home. Pilar, while buying snacks before boarding, saw figures of Ito and became too scared to move. Joven asked Pilar to go home and look for the bills the old man is talking about.