- Story of a family's struggles in life. Rosa lives in the slums near the railroad tracks, with her mother and five brothers. Her mother wallows in guilt and depression, when her drunkard father is run over by a train.
- A dramatic thunderbolt that won Rebecca del Rio the Golden Harvest Award in the 5th Asian Film Festival. Here is a poverty-stricken family who live right by the railroad tracks--on the wrong side of them--not by choice, but because destiny has willed it.—BGP
- Rosa (Charito Solis) lives with her mother Sinforosa (Rebecca del Rio) and four older brothers in the slums. When their drunken father is run over by a train and dies, their traumatized mother wastes away in guilt and alcoholism. Rosa is engaged to Candido (Leroy Salvador), who loves her deeply but cannot understand why she chooses to serve her brothers first when they treat her no better than a servant. Eldest brother Melanio (Vic Silayan) is an obnoxious womanizer. Alberto (Carlos Padilla Jr) is deeply affected by his family's unsavory reputation of his family. Driven by desperation, he attempts to rape the girl he loves, then commits suicide in despair. The violent Leonides (Vic Diaz) kills a man and dies in a bloody encounter with the police. The crafty Vedasto (Rey Ruiz) persuades Rosa to work for wealthy Tony (Johnny Reyes) who desires her. Avelino (Eddie Rodriguez), the youngest, is the only brother who is patient and responsible enough to help bear the family's burdens.—Ati-atihan, Mother of All Philippine Festivals
- LVN Pictures, in association with ABS-CBN Film Restoration as part of the Centennial Year of Philippine Cinema, presents the 1958 cinematic gem "MALVAROSA" that tells the story of Rosa (Charito Solis) who lives in the slums near the railroad tracks with her mother and five brothers: eldest Melanio (Vic Silayan), a womanizer; Alberto (Carlos Padilla Jr.), a man in despair; Leonides (Vic Diaz), a violent man who commits notorious crimes; Vedasto (Rey Ruiz), the deceitful one who persuade his sister to work for a wealthy, predatory man; and Avelino (Eddie Rodriguez), the youngest and the responsible one. The siblings' mother (Rebecca Del Rio) wallows in guilt and depression after their drunkard father is run over by a train. Though she is set to marry her fiance (Leroy Salvador), Rosa chooses to put her family's needs before her own. Rosa's brothers also carry their own burdens, except for Avelino, who helps Rosa shoulder the weight of the family's problems.—Edmund Nishikata
- Malvarosa is the poignant story of a family's struggles in life. Rosa lives in the slums near the railroad tracks, with her widowed mother and five brothers. Her mother wallows in guilt and depression after her drunkard husband is run over by a train. Though she is set to marry her fiancé, Rosa chooses to put her family's needs before her own. Rosa's brothers also carry their own burdens, except for the youngest, Avelino, who helps Rosa shoulder the weight of the family's problems.—Gay Filipino Soldier
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