The film reunites four players from the stage production of the musical. Zsa Zsa Padilla , Rachel Alejandro , Celeste Legaspi and Ricky Davao. Padilla and Alejandro have each played the role of Paula opposite Legaspi as Candida and Davao took the role of Tony Javier while in this adaptation, Padilla plays Elsa Montes, Alejandro reprises her role as Paula, Legaspi as Doña Loleng and Davao appears in a cameo scene as a drunkard near the start of the film.
In this musical adaptation of Nick Joaquin 's play, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, the offered sum by the prospective American buyer for the titular portrait is 20,000 Philippine Pesos or 10,000 US Dollars while in the non-musical adaptation, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1965), it is 10,000 Pesos or 5,000 Dollars.
Though it features prominently in the story, the titular larawan ("portrait"), A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino is only vaguely shown throughout the film.
Saving Sally a film in the MMFF 2016, showed thier support for the film by saying "ANG LARAWAN is one of those rare Filipino films that we need to make a point to watch for the sake of diversity & encouraging producers to give us something different. The talent showcased in this film is immense." in thier Facebook Page.
It's part of the MMFF (Metro Manila Film Festival) 2017