THE EIGHTIES # 61: ALFIE ANIDO, GABBY CONCEPCION AND DINA BONNEVIE IN JOEY GOSIENGFIAO'S "KATORSE" (1980)

"Katorse" (1980)

Regal Films

Release Date July 25, 1980

Screenplay Toto Belano

Editing Rogelio Salvador

Cinematography Ricardo Jacinto

Music Jun Latonio

Direction Joey Gosiengfiao

Cast Alfie Anido, Gabby Concepcion and Dina Bonnevie

Celebrity Magazine/ August 31, 1980
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It was actor Alfie Anido who led Dina Bonnevie into the movies. They met in a pictorial for a magazine which paired them off for a cover story. Alfie was already in the movies the. He was just taking time out from the set of Nympha, a Regal movie which reestablished Alma Moreno’s reign as the country’s top sex symbol, a title which, as per publicity, she is about to lose to Dina. After the pictorial, Alfie invited Dina to the set where Alma was in shooting. “I like Alma because I’ve always found her sexy. I’ve always wanted to see her in person,” Dina explains.
At the set, Alfie introduced Dina to (Director) Joey Gosiengfiao who was directing the movie. And what do you know, the man who is known only for discovering beauty in men (Orestes Ojeda, Al Tantay and Alfie Anido were is “discoveries”) was bowled over by Dina’s pulchritude. He gave her a screen test, showed Lily Monteverde (better known as Mother Lily) the results, and even Mother Lily had probably wished at that time that Dina was her daughter. From then on, Dina became another Joey Gosiengfiao protégée, just like Alfie.

(Source: Celebrity Magazine/ August 31, 1980)