This is Filipino Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) first Best Picture in 1952.
Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo is originally a comics serial novel by Amado Yasona in the Mabuhay Komiks in 1950.
First film adjudged as the best movie in the first ever FAMAS held in 1953. The movie was supposed to be the sole entry of Premiere Productions to the Famas derby but the studio was gripped with labor problems which had reached the courts. A court ruling temporarily prevented Premiere from making any pictures so M.J. Vistan Productions took over the completion of the movie.
Rita Gomez was supposed to appear in a very small part in the movie, but director Gerardo de Leon was impressed with her acting. He extended Gomez's part, enabling her to clinch a best supporting actress nomination.