Bagging 3rd Best Picture award, along with the Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor trophies should be enough to pique your interest but in case it doesn't, how about I tell you what it's all about: two senior citizens and a security guard go on a road trip to Baguio.
Delia is all alone in taking care of Sammy, his husband suffering from Schizophrenia. Left to fend for themselves, she must now undertake the difficult task of making sure Sammy is looked after once she passes after having been diagnosed with cancer.
It shouldn't be too difficult, right? Filipinos being family-oriented have an affinity to look after their relatives in their golden years, with the current conversation is the children are their parents' retirement plan. Unfortunately the seniors in question comes with a past that gets to haunt them today.
Of the three acting accolades the movie scored the most deserved is that of Nico Antonio (Supporting Actor) as Roger, the village security guard who unwittingly becomes Delia's accomplice in her mission. Rosemarie Gil also delivered, my only critique though is she sometimes pauses at the end of her lines, like she's thinking if she forgot something in the script or should she say more if it's an improv. Jaime Fabregas was effective enough although the movie was really about Delia.
If you're holding on to a grudge how long will you be able to keep it? And with death around the corner, is it enough reason to forgive or will you take it with you to your grave? Nowadays 'forgive and move on' is thrown around so casually and sometimes we feel pressured to do so as we don't want to come off as cold-hearted or evil. In turn we are creating a society where everyone keeps moving on while skipping the forgiveness part. Before you know it, you're on a roadtrip to Baguio trying to find yourself, running into a random stranger, falling in love and...oh wait, that's a different movie altogether. Close enough though, if you really think about it.
