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Pinoy Ares
14 people found this review helpful
May 20, 2020
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
A must see. It is a 20 plus minutes of pure gold.

Two guys, friends, who have lost touch and have not seen each other for quite some time met again at an event, From the onset, we'll surmise that they used to be in a relationship, and must now face the truth about their past.

I must warn you that watching this mini movie will hurt, a lot, sepecially if you are a gay guy who has experienced loving the same sex and has been forced by society to stop.

Good cinematography, good script. It reminds me of a watered down version of a Hollywood movie Before Sunset. The sound however is a little too tiny i have to read the subtitles just too understand the conversation. This is how Pinoy BL dramas should be judged, not the titiliating indie movies a few years back.

I would have given the story a 10 if they didnt make the fiance a girl.

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jiritwist
0 people found this review helpful
Jan 4, 2024
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Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
A pleasant short film where the emphasis was placed and most of the time also on both the two main actors of the characters Red and Nikko and it was played very nicely, gently. There were no Pinoy mannerisms and I was surprised that there were already end credits that took almost a quarter of the entire footage, so I expected that after the credits there would be the "real" ending. He wasn't. Just life...


Příjemný krátky film, kde byl důraz kladen a většina času též na oba dva hlavní herce postav Red-a a Nikko a byl zahrán velmi pěkně, jemně. Nebyly tam žádné pinoy manýry a překvapilo mě, že už jsou závěrečné titulky, které zabraly téměř čtvrtinu celé stopáže, čekal jsem tudíž, že po titulcích bude ten "pravý" konec. Nebyl. Prostě život ...

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Shasha
0 people found this review helpful
Apr 14, 2024
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Overall 9.0
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 10
Rewatch Value 7.0
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One night only

"In this world, we were only meant to find each other not but not end up together"

A simply beautiful short film. A story of former lovers reconnecting for a short interlude and then separating, probably for good! They only have one night to pretend and they do: they pretend they are happy, they pretend they are on a date, they pretend that everything is fine. But there is that nagging feeling: why? They need closure. Or at least one of them does, Niko. He never really wanted to admit to himself the reasons for their breakup. But he needs to hear them and what he hears makes him regretful. He starts to buckle under the feelings brimming, brought out by this night and the presence of his first love. But at the moment he starts expressing those feelings he is brutally brought back to reality! The dream, the fantasy is over, never to be again!

Regrets remain. Feelings remain. But the pressure of the society is far too strong for him to deal with. Even though we are well advanced as a society, our tolerance is high and we are open-minded, there are still places and people for whom gay love is unacceptable and frowned upon. These two young men are their victims.

This short film was, as far as I understand, a student project made on a shoestring budget. Again, we were shown that great storytelling does not need an excessive amount of money but an excessive amount of talent!

And last but not the least, the music is amazing. The final song Leaves by Ben&Ben is so beautiful....

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