About Us But Not About Us (2023)
A literature professor meets his student at a restaurant and, over the course of one meal, secrets and lies will be unearthed and the sinister connection to a tragedy will be revealed.
- Date of release
- 2023-04-08
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Jun Robles Lana
Casting
- Romnick Sarmenta — Eric
- Elijah Canlas — Lance
- Olive Isidro — Prof. Dimalanta
- Arkin Del Rosario — Waiter #1
- James Andrew Razon — Waiter #2
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Black Nights Prize
About Us But Not About Us is a 2022 Philippine psychological drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Jun Robles Lana. The film stars Romnick Sarmenta and Elijah Canlas.
Production
About Us But Not About Us was produced under The IdeaFirst Company, Octoberian Films, and Quantum Films under the direction of Jun Lana. Perci Intalan, Lana's ex-partner was the producer. Lana described the film as a "personal" project which he created during a "period of depression".
The film's story is "conversational" featuring just two seated characters talking to each other in a single setting. A significant part of the story was in English. About Us But Not About Us took five days to shoot, with a script reading taking place a day prior.
It was shot entirely on location at the "L'Opera Ristorante" Italian Restaurant in Bonifacio Global City, Makati, Manila.
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