You Changed My Life
2009 film by Cathy Garcia-Molina
You Changed My Life is a 2009 Filipino romantic comedy film directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina and starring John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo. It is the sequel to the 2008 film A Very Special Love.
It received an “A” rating from the Cinema Evaluation Board of the Philippines.
Filming began in November 2008, and it was released on February 25, 2009, by Star Cinema and Viva Films. The film surpassed Sukob to become the highest grossing Filipino film at the time until it was surpassed by No Other Woman (2011). More newer films have surpassed the film. It is currently the twenty-first highest grossing Filipino film of all time.
A sequel, It Takes a Man and a Woman, was released on March 30, 2013.
Plot
It has been six months since Laida Magtalas and Miggy Montenegro became a couple. Laida was promoted from executive assistant to accounts executive, while Miggy has been doing well as he is being mentored by his older brother Art Montenegro.
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