A lowdown of brides and grooms (and family and friends as well) that marched across the screens of Philippine cinema:
Newly-wed Rosa Rosal and Tony Santos being feted in the exuberant opening scenes of Manuel Silos’ rustic melodrama Biyaya ng Lupa (1959).
Dindo Fernando fatefully marrying another woman (Amy Austria) under threat in Danny Zialcita’s heartbreaking Langis at Tubig (1980).
Young bride Carmina Villaroel committing suicide in desperation over her sabotaged wedding (to Jeffrey Santos) in Laurice Guillen’s over-the-top melodrama Kapag Langit Ang Humatol (1990).
Bride Maricel Soriano arriving in a most unusual dress and, in a dramatic confrontation with groom Richard Gomez, gave a different meaning to “exchange of vows” in Carlitos Siguion-Reyna’s old-fashioned drama Ikaw Pa Lang Minahal (1992).
Mikee Cojuangco eloping with another guy (played by Aga Muhlach) on her own wedding day in Rowell Santiago’s beguiling love story Forever (1994).
Prepubescent Anna Laruccea and Jason Salcedo’s surreal wedding scenes set in a woody area in Peque Gallaga and Lorenzo Reyes’ daring treatise on juvenile eros, Baby Love (1995).
Stepmom Sharon Cuneta being summoned by bride Claudine Barretto to join the family photoshoot in Olivia Lamasan's tearjerking domestic drama Madrasta (1996).
Christopher De Leon taking a second wife (Zsa Zsa Padilla) in colourful ceremonies set in Mao-era China, in Eric Matti’s flawed but absorbing epic drama Mano Po 2: My Home (2003).
Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo 's very austere (but very sensible) wedding ceremonies in Jose Javier Reyes’ romantic comedy Kasal,Kasali,Kasalo (2006).
