Batanes (film)
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| Batanes | |
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| Directed by | Adolfo Alix, Jr. and Dave Hukom |
| Starring | Iza Calzado Ken Chu |
| Music by | Jesse Lucas |
| Cinematography | Ramoncito Redoble |
| Editing by | Miren Alvarez-Fabregas |
| Distributed by | Ignite Media, Inc. GMA Films |
| Release date(s) | December 5,2007 |
| Country |  Philippines
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| Language | English Tagalog Filipino |
| “ | Love knows no borders. | ” |
Batanes 2007 drama film about a heartwarming relationship between two people of different cultures. It is a is a joint film by Ignite Media, Inc. and GMA Films. Starring Iza Calzado and Taiwanese superstar Ken Chu of Meteor Garden, Batanes will make viewers realize that love, indeed, knows no borders.
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[edit] Synopsis
Pam (Iza Calzado) meets Rico (Joem Bascon) an Ivatan, and decides to leave her stressful life in the city to follow him to Batanes to meet his parents Boy and Lydia (Bembol Roco and Daria Ramirez, respectively) and marry him. Pam tries to adapt to the Ivatan way of life but hates the sea that Rico loves so much. Her hatred for the sea intensifies when her husband Rico dies in a fishing accident. Pam is devastated and decides to go back to Manila. But when she sensed that the sea was laughing at her failure, she chose to stay in Batanes to be with Rico's family. In one of her trips to the sea, she accidentally meets Kao Ken Chu, a Taiwanese, whom she rescues during a storm. As they spend time together, the two eventually fall for each other despite language barriers and cultural differences.
[edit] Cast
- Iza Calzado
- Ken Chu
- Bembol Roco
- Daria Ramirez
- Julio Diaz
- Joem Bascon
- Sid Lucero
- Coco Martin
- Mike Tan
- Glaiza de Castro
[edit] Reviews
| “ | I think I would understand anyone who returns to the cinema to watch the movie again. This is an opus of understated elegance. There is no melodrama, there is no shouting, there are no tearjerking sequences. When's the last time we have a movie like this? The directors created a film that is serenely beautiful with a power that doesn't overwhelm. But haunts and lives. | ” |
| “ | Though the story is rather light in terms of presentation, I feel like it was rather too "walk-through-ish" or that instead of letting the moviegoers think or unravel the subplot...Acting wise, Iza Calzado and the epileptic character of Joem Bascon were great. I'm not sure as how to evaluate Ken Zhu because Taiwanese and other Asian actors act differently from Hollywood, Showbiz ones.- | ” |
| “ | Cinematography at its finest. | ” |
[edit] References
- "Love Knows No Borders in 'Batanes'". Click the City.20 November 2007. http://guides.clickthecity.com/movies/?p=2393. (accessed on November 21, 2007).
- "Plot Summary for Batanes". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129406/plotsummary (accessed on November 28, 2007).
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