Bar Boys

Bar Boys (2017)

A group of friends enter the dog-eat-dog world of law school

The misadventures of three young men who try their luck in the college of law. As their friendship, families, relationships and convictions are brought to breaking point, they must keep their heads and emotions together as they prepare for the big day.

Date of release
2017-08-16
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Kip Oebanda

Casting

Interesting facts

Bar Boys is a 2017 Philippine comedy drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Kip Oebanda. The film stars Carlo Aquino, Rocco Nacino, Enzo Pineda and Kean Cipriano, and revolves around a group of friends who will try their best to become aspiring lawyers in a law school.

Production

Bar Boys was produced under TropicFrills Film Productions in cooperation with Wildsound Studios. It was directed and written by Kip Oebanda. The concept for the film was created when Oebanda was watching Pridyider with a lawyer friend who described to him that law school is the "ultimate horror film". Oebanda presented the idea for the film at the 2014 Film Financing Forum.

The role of Justice Hernandez was originally offered to Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, who initially accepted only to drop out due to her 2016 presidential campaign conflicting with the production schedule. Khan, who ultimately landed the role, cited Santiago as her inspiration after Oebanda informed her that she would be portraying the late senator.

He describes the film as a "love story" saying that friendship is a "form of love". He says that the characters in the film went through conflicts that made them make tough decisions and was asked to pick between friendship or personal success. The film was produced by Vanessa Ulgado.

The film received support from the SM Foundation. Principal photography for Bar Boys was made in 2015, and additional shots were made the following year. Most of the school scenes, including the library and classrooms, were filmed in San Beda College (now San Beda University), while scenes depicting the bar operations of different law schools were actual footage of the 2015 bar examinations at the University of Santo Tomas (UST).

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