Netflix, still somewhat the first
name when it comes to online digital media streaming around the world, is being
seen as a place for second chances where movies are concerned. Even as the
streaming giant is prioritizing the production of original content as major
entertainment labels take their media away to their own exclusive digital
platforms, smaller companies continue to add to the Netflix library where their
films and shows sometimes find enthusiastic audiences. Philippine movie studios
are no exception to seeing their productions getting online revivals in
popularity. Thus, TBA Studios looks to join the action by sending one of its
films to the streamer for premiere next month.
According to GMA News, the love story film “Kung Paano Siya Nawala” from two
years ago will be added to the Neflix streaming library for Philippine
audiences next month. In a social media post, TBA Productions revealed that
their 2018 romantic movie starring JM De Guzman and Rhian Ramos will premiere
on the global streaming giant this coming August 13. The film is a comedy-drama
about the trials of a love against an uncommon cognitive disorder, with all the
laughs and gravitas one could expect.
To refresh the minds of those who
might have heard of the film years ago, “Kung Paano Siya Nawala” stars Ramos as
a free spirit who meets and has a dalliance with a guy (De Guzman) who cannot
seem to remember her the next day. This is due to the character’s Prosopagnosia
or “face blindness,” which impairs his memorization of faces. While Ramos’
character initially tries to push a relationship after seeing her would-be
boyfriend’s condition as a challenge, ultimately real deep feelings develop,
which also leads to pain because of that cognitive hurdle. Ramos also has the
honor of being an executive producer of the film for TBA Studios.
Said film studio was founded in
2017 as a merger of several independent film production outfits, primarily Tuko
Film and Buchi Boy Productions (2014’s “Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo”), plus
Jerrold Tarog’s Artikulo Uno Productions (2016’s “Heneral Luna”). “Kung Paano
Siya Nawala” was released a year after the TBA Studios merger. Time will tell
if it could find a new streaming following the same hype that Viva Films’ “Through
Night and Day” got earlier this month.
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