''My Cactus Heart'' (stylized as ''#MyCactusHeart'') is a 2012 Filipino

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by Enrico Santos, starring

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Matteo Guidicelli Gianmatteo Vittorio Fernan Guidicelli (, born March 26, 1990), known professionally as Matteo Guidicelli, is a Filipino actor, military officer, model, singer and former kart racer. Early life and career Matteo Guidicelli was born in Cebu Ci ...

, and introducing

Xian Lim Alexander Xian Cruz Lim-Uy (; born July 12, 1989) is a Filipino actor. He is currently an exclusive actor of GMA Network and GMA Pictures. He is best known for his roles in ''My Binondo Girl'' (2011), ''The Reunion (2012 film), The Reunion'' (2 ...

. It is the first independent film produced by

Skylight Films Skylight Films was a division of ABS-CBN Films that specialized in producing films for the niche market A niche market is the subset of the market on which a product is appealed to a small group of consumers. The market niche defines the prod ...

which premiered inside the PBB house on January 24. 2012. It was released nationwide on January 25, 2012.

Premise

Sandy (

) is a hopeless romantic who has dumped many boyfriends and also rejected a number of suitors. Her life changes when she meets Bene (

), a handsome heartthrob, at work. However, her friend Carlo (

) will do everything to have her reciprocate his affection.

Plot

My Cactus heart, ''A thorny love'' story revolves on Sandy (

), a hopeless romantic girl whose heart and mind is very optimistic believing there is only one great perfect love. After discovering the infidelity of her father, she sworn off love, she thinks men are heels. Now she is known as heart breaker, 'BASTED-ERA' - that's Sandy who always find reasons to reject men who hangs around her. She feels she will end up being hurt, just what like her father did to her mother. She has dumped every man she has been in a relationship with, ignored and denied suitors who would love to ask her out. Now, who might be the lucky guy to enter her thorny heart? Will it be her friend Carlo (

), a waiter of a family business, who is repeatedly rejected by Sandy, but doesn't take NO for an answer, or her handsome new co-worker Benedict (

Cast

Main cast

as Sandra 'Sandy' *

as Carlo *

as Benedict

Supporting cast

*Ramon Christopher as Facundo *

Rosanna Roces Jennifer Adriano Arias (born May 24, 1972), better known by her stage names Rosanna Roces and Osang, is a Filipino actress and comedian. Career Roces was a contract star of Seiko Films from 1994 to 1996, introduced initially as "Ana Maceda" ...

as Margaret *

Ricky Davao Frederick Charles Abiera Davao (May 30, 1961 – May 1, 2025) was a Filipino actor and television director. Career Davao began his career in the entertainment industry in 1978 as a dancer for the Vicor Crowd group. Later in the year, he had h ...

as Dan * Joy Viado† as Tita Au * Pinky Amador as Carol * Bettina Carlos as Anna *

Kristel Moreno Kristel Moreno (born January 14, 1991) is a Filipino actress and dancer. A former child star and former Sexbomb Girl, she was relaunched as a member of Star Magic ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc., doing business as Star Magic (f ...

as Lucy * Franzen Fajardo as Tommy * Beatriz Saw as Arianna *Lemuel Pelayo as Kale *Mariel Pamintuan as Heart * Niña Dolino as Helena *Gee Canlas as Johanna * Ervic Vijandre as Romeo *

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as Valentin *Cecil Paz as Lindsay

Box office

''#MyCactusHeart'' had a total gross receipts of P23,008,393, as of its third week. It ranked 4th Top Grossing Indie Film of 2012 and one of the 20 Top Grossing Filipino films of 2012. It is one of the most successful indie films of 2012 beating other mainstream films of GMA Films, Viva Films, and Regal Films.

Soundtrack

Star Records released the soundtrack of the movie, containing 12 tracks.

Sam Milby Samuel Lloyd Milby (born May 23, 1984) is a Filipino actor, model and musician. He came to prominence after joining the first edition of '' Pinoy Big Brother''. Biography Samuel Lloyd Milby was born on May 23, 1984 in Troy, Ohio, USA to parent ...

made a cover of "Kaba", which was originally sung by Tootsie Guevarra for the film's soundtrack album, however, in the official music video, it was sung by

.My Cactus Heart OST: Feature Album
retrieved via www.starrecords.ph Jan 27, 2012

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 2193161 2012 films 2010s Tagalog-language films 2010s English-language films Star Cinema films Skylight Films films Philippine romance films 2012 romance films 2012 multilingual films Philippine multilingual films English-language romance films