Kita Kita (2017)

Directed by

Sigrid Andrea Bernardo

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

Philippines

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

R-13

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Filipino tour guide in Sapporo loses her sight after catching her fiance cheating. A charismatic fellow Filipino befriends her and helps her cope with her blindness, and they develop a romantic connection.

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What happens

Kita Kita (I See You; Japanese: キタ キタ) is a 2017 Philippine romantic comedy film written and directed by Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo, and starring Alessandra de Rossi and Empoy Marquez. Set in Sapporo, Japan, the film follows Lea (De Rossi), a Filipino tour guide living in Japan who goes blind after having witnessed her Japanese fiancé's infidelity. After a while, fellow Filipino and charmer Tonyo (Marquez) makes a sudden appearance and befriends the visually impaired Lea in the best possible ways; eventually, they fall for one another. The film is produced by Joyce Bernal and Piolo Pascual's Spring Films and distributed by Viva Films. Kita Kita had its world premiere in Japan at the 12th Osaka Asian Film Festival in March 2017, before a general release in the Philippines on July 19, 2017. The film received generally favorable reviews and has been deemed a sleeper hit, grossing ₱100 million on its first week and ₱240 million the following week, on a modest budget of ₱10 million. Kita Kita ended its theatrical run with a worldwide gross of ₱320 million, making it the highest-grossing Philippine independent film. Post-release, CNN Philippines considered Kita Kita to be one of the best romantic comedy films of the last 25 years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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