Underplayed Gems

All About Love (2006)

All About Love poster
Directed by
Don Cuaresma, Jerry Lopez Sineneng, Joyce Bernal
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Philippines
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
R-13
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Filipino film that tells three separate love stories. In one story, childhood friends realize their feelings for each other. In another, a serious woman falls for a flashy playboy. The third story follows two heartbroken people who find comfort together.

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What happens

All About Love is a 2006 Filipino romantic drama film directed by Joyce E. Bernal, Don Cuaresma, and Jerry Lopez Sineneng. It was released under Star Cinema. John Lloyd Cruz won the 2007 Luna Award for Best Actor, handed out by the Film Academy of the Philippines, for his performance in the film. Three stories of love, courage, trust and taking a risk come in one film to tell us how love touches us in countless ways. Everything is really "all about love". The nature of love is explored in this trio of short films from the Philippines. In "Promdi", two childhood friends Kikay (Angelica Panganiban) and Kiko (Jason Abalos) discover their relationship has blossomed into love meanwhile Spanky (Neil Ferreira) after matches the gambling addictive for Kikay and Kiko friend towards Spanky defends a recovering discussion. In "Kalesa", a responsible young woman Badong (Anne Curtis) and a flashy playboy Wesley (Luis Manzano) fall in love despite their differences. And in "About Anna", two heartbroken people Eric (John Lloyd Cruz) and Lia (Bea Alonzo) find comfort in each other's arms. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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