Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Soltera (1999)

Soltera poster
Directed by
Jerry Lopez Sineneng
Genre
LGBTQ-related film
Country
Philippines
Runtime
1h 59m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A single woman in her 30s works as a wedding planner and feels lonely. She starts a relationship with a younger man, but things get complicated when he becomes attracted to her assistant.

melancholicromanticyearningcomplicatedlonelybittersweetdramatic

What happens

Soltera is a 1999 Filipino romantic drama film directed by Jerry Lopez Sineneng from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jun Lana, who solely wrote the original story. Starring Claudine Barretto, Diether Ocampo, and Maricel Soriano, the story follows a lonely and single wedding planner decided to make a relationship with a younger man, but this relationship leads to complications when the latter draws his attention to his lover's assistant. Produced and distributed by Star Cinema, the film was released theatrically on 28 July 1999. In 2021, it was digitally restored and remastered by ABS-CBN Film Restoration, in association with Central Digital Lab. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?