Lily Monteverde

Production

Lily Monteverde

Born 1939-08-19 · Manila, Philippines

Lily Yu Chu-Monteverde (19 August 1939 - 4 August 2024), also known as "Mother Lily", was a Filipino film producer and business professional of Chinese descent. She was best known for being the founder and executive producer of her film company, Regal Films. She passed away on 4 August 2024, at the age of 84.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Sex Files poster
5.4

An anthology of three sex stories that led into acts of crime.

Sex Files

2002

Batang Quiapo poster
10.0

In the heart of Manila, a rookie pickpocket crosses paths with Baldo, the so-called "king of pickpockets".

Batang Quiapo

1986

Manila by Night poster
7.2

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution.

Manila by Night

1980

Larger Than Life poster
4.6

A mother and her daughter—who are both victims of incest-rape perpetrated by the same man now languishing in jail—are approached by a couple of filmmakers with an offer to produce a movie based on the two women’s true story. They hesitate on the idea at first but agree eventually for the sum of money they will be paid in exchange for selling the rights to the material. When the finished film is finally shown in theaters, they proceed to the city all the way from their hometown to catch the screening. They are elated at the prospect of seeing the larger-than-life versions of themselves. But as the motion picture gradually unfolds before their very eyes, they instead go through another harrowing experience of a lifetime.

Larger Than Life

2001

Ronquillo poster
7.0

Adan Ronquillo, a Tondo-raised Caviteño thug, vows to take revenge against the people who shot his parents to their deaths.

Ronquillo

1993

Mano Po 4: Ako Legal Wife poster
4.0

When Chona Chong (Zsa Zsa Padilla) learns that her wealthy husband Elton (Jay Manalo) is having an affair with two younger women (Cherry Pie Picache and Rufa Mae Quinto) -- and has even fathered a child with one of them -- her once-perfect life lies in ruins. Numbing the pain with Botox, liposuction and breast implants works well enough, at first. But then her only son (John Prats) drops another bomb: He thinks he might be gay.

Mano Po 4: Ako Legal Wife

2005

The Graduates poster
7.5

Follows a group of young adults as they navigate life after college.

The Graduates

1986

Once, There Was a Mother poster
10.0

A mother juggles her family's dying publishing house along with her troubled relationship with her three daughters.

Once, There Was a Mother

1983

Durugin ng Bala si Peter Torres poster
7.0

In defending his brother and himself, a good-hearted man transforms into a hardened criminal.

Durugin ng Bala si Peter Torres

1990

Iisa Pa Lamang poster
8.0

Arman is torn between two women, a woman who came from a decent family or the one who kept it a secret of being a first-class prostitute.

Iisa Pa Lamang

1992

One Great Love poster
NR

A woman must decide if she trusts the man who broke her heart enough to try again. Her best friend must move on and get over his own feelings for her.

One Great Love

2018

Bayarang Puso poster
8.0

Jose Javier Reyes' dramatic thunderbolt from Regal Films, "Bayarang Puso" which stars Aga Muhlach, Lorna Tolentino, and Carmina Villaroel is a movie about decadence and materialism set against a backdrop of the most recent leisure class craze, ballroom dancing. Although the film makes obviously wild pirouettes around this very interesting subject-dance instructors and their willing and able clientele and whatever relationships they have in between- it is in fact an intriguing drama about love, avarice, and betrayal.

Bayarang Puso

1996

Ukay-Ukay poster
NR

Kayla is engaged to be married to Harold. She has long been waiting for this ideal wedding. A mysterious vintage gown catches Kyla's attention and gets fixated on it. Unbeknownst to Kyla the wedding gown is evil, passed by a demented bride way back in 1948.

Ukay-Ukay

2009

Too Young poster
8.0

A story about a young girl caught in the crossfire when his father plans to testify against a syndicate boss.

Too Young

1990

Sensual poster
5.5

The film explores the sexual awakening and coming-of-age journey of a young woman named Niña. Growing up in a small town with her repressed mother, Turing, and her permissive, aging grandmother, Senyang, Niña begins to explore her sexuality. This includes both a lesbian relationship with her classmate Elsa and a subsequent charged, romantic tension with a newly arrived man named Ariel.

Sensual

1986

Hide & Seek poster
NR

After a tragedy, a family moves to an isolated house where strange apparitions appear.

Hide & Seek

2007

Super Islaw and the Flying Kids poster
NR

Super Islaw was a young crippled boy who was granted mystical powers because of his good heart. He used these abilities to protect the innocents of his town, battling supernatural beings such as vampires.

Super Islaw and the Flying Kids

1986

Demon poster
NR

A young interim doctor in a rural hospital, Claire, has encountered a female patient suspected of carrying a deadly flu virus. It turns out that the girl is not sick but rather possessed by a demon.

Demon

2009

Daddy Goon poster
7.0

A Philippine comedy starring Paquito Diaz, Herbert Bautista, and Aiza Seguerra.

Daddy Goon

1991

Adultery poster
7.0

Dreaming to be released from her miserable life of poverty, Aida, a waitress, abandons her bedridden father, her moralistic mother, her jobless brother and her good-for-nothing sister to live-in with her boyfriend Carding, whom she believes could give her salvation. But her plan only gives her more misfortunes. Carding gets jailed for drug peddling. Aida opts for an abortion. She later lives with a wealthy man to feul her ambition. Carding is released from prison and finds out about his wife's illicit affair.

Adultery

1984

Darna, Kuno? poster
7.0

A male cab driver is transformed into a female superhero.

Darna, Kuno?

1979

My Big Brother's Wedding poster
7.5

Inseparable as siblings, Jeff and Kat grew up very close to each other through thick and thin. Kat being overzealous and very wary of girls who likes her brother Jeff. Her Kuya simply means the world to her. Years later, Kat is all grown-up and lovely, and soon awaits her Kuyas return after four years of hard work from abroad. But all this excitement of a sibling reunion is foiled at the airport upon sight of Heidi, Kats worst nightmare and her brothers fiancée. Fueled with envy, Kat embarks on an all-out scheme to pull out all the stops to their impending wedding with the help of her gay bestfriend of all seasons. However, as Kat schemes to freeze the marital icing off her siblings cake, she finds herself falling for the charms of an evicted reality show superstar - Aris who happens to be Heidis brother. As she desperately clings to her last semblance of family, her Kuya Jeff, will Kat be able to stop this bridezilla from snatching away her only Kuya in her life?

My Big Brother's Wedding

2007

Santa Claus is Coming to Town poster
7.5

Official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1982 directed by Elwood Perez and starred Snooky Serna, Maricel Soriano, Gabby Concepcion, William Martinez, Albert Martinez, Robert Arevalo, Liza Lorena, Marissa Delgado, Raul Aragon, Alicia Alonzo, Mila Ocampo, Johnny Wilson, Joel Alano, Aiko Melendez, and Kristine Garcia.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

1982

Count the Stars in the Sky poster
9.0

A poor farmer's daughter dreams to go to college and become a doctor; to make this possible, her father mortgages his farm to a rich land owner. The girl finishes college and becomes and takes back her father's land.

Count the Stars in the Sky

1989