TRIVIA: According to Director Jeturian, After the film’s screening, Pareno was mobbed by festival participants, mostly women, on the streets of Amiens. “They wanted to tell her how much they loved her performance. In all the festivals we’ve participated in, from Toronto to Valladolid, Gina’s acting has always been praised. At the awards ceremony, Pareno turned heads. She wore a black satin opera coat over a plain black dress, with an orange rose neckpiece. As she reached for her trophy~which weighed around three kilos~ it almost slipped from her hands. The audience laughed&cheered. They loved her." He said. Pareno called him on stage, to share the award with him. Gina Pareno has been in show business for 4decades, having started as a teen star in Sampaguita Pictures in 1966.
In “Kubrador,” she plays a jueteng (numbers game) bet collector, who cheerfully&willfully goes about her business, in spite of the trials&tribulations of life in the slums of Manila. (2006)8.10.2007
