{{short description|1967 film}} {{for|the Ana Roxanne album|Because of a Flower (album)}} {{use Philippine English|date=March 2023}} {{use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Because of a Flower | image = Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Luis Nepomuceno | producer = Luis Nepomuceno | writer = Jose Nepomuceno<br>Luis Nepomuceno | starring = Charito Solis | music = Leopoldo Silos | cinematography = Luis Nepomuceno | editing = Luis Nepomuceno | studio = Nepomuceno films | distributor = Nepomuceno films | released = {{Film date|1967|6|18}} | runtime = | country = Philippines | language = Tagalog }} '''''Because of a Flower''''' ({{langx|tl|Dahil sa Isang Bulaklak}}) is a 1967 Philippine drama film directed by Luis Nepomuceno.<ref name="World Filmography">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jp7ayTLX1D8C&q=%22Dahil+sa+isang+bulaklak%22+%22Luis+Nepomuceno%22&pg=PA442 |title=World Filmography: 1967 By Peter Cowie, Derek Elley |access-date=November 15, 2011 |work=World Filmography|isbn=9780498015656 |last1=Cowie |first1=Peter |last2=Elley |first2=Derek |year=1977 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press}}</ref> The film was selected as the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.<ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</ref> It was the first Filipino film to be shot in color by De Luxe.<ref name="philstar.com">{{cite web|last=Dolor|first=Danny|date=October 30, 2011|title=Charito, Ric star in landmark Filipino film|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2011/10/30/742503/charito-ric-star-landmark-filipino-film|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240925231906/https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2011/10/30/742503/charito-ric-star-landmark-filipino-film|archive-date=September 25, 2024|access-date=September 26, 2024|work=Philstar.com}}</ref> The film won two awards at the 1967 Asian Film Festival: Best Actress (Charito Solis) and Outstanding Child Actress (Jenina Bas).
==Cast== * Charito Solis as Margarita * Ric Rodrigo as Edilberto * Paraluman as Victoria * Chanda Romero as Doña Amelia * Rod Navarro as Tony * Ben Perez as Juan * Liza Lorena as Esperanza ** Jenina Bas as young Esperanza<ref name="TWN">{{cite news|title=Coming home victorious in the Asian Film Festival, she gets royal welcome.|work=The Weekly Nation Magazine|date=October 30, 1967}}</ref> * Grace Leonor as Cora * Henry Stevens as Alvaro * Matimtiman Cruz as Monica * Joseph de Cordova as Padre * Mary Walter as Tony's mother * Pianing Vidal as Arsobispo
==Accolades== {|| width="90%" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width="30%"| Group ! width="30%"| Category ! width="30%"| Name ! width="10%"| Result |- |rowspan="2" align="left"| 1967 Asian Film Festival | Best Actress |align="center"| Charito Solis<ref name="TWN"/> | {{won}} |- | Outstanding Child Actress |align="center"| Jenina Bas | {{won}} |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0294494|Because of a Flower}}
{{Philippine submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film}}
Category:1967 films Category:1967 drama films Category:Philippine drama films Category:Tagalog-language films Category:1960s Philippine films
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