Dubai (2005)

Anecdotes

Dubai is a 2005 Filipino drama film directed by Rory B. Quintos from a screenplay written by Ricky Lee, who solely developed the story concept, Shaira Mella Salvador, and John Paul Abellera. Set and filmed in the United Arab Emirates, it tells the story of three overseas Filipino workers who unexpectedly become connected by friendship and love. The film stars Aga Muhlach and John Lloyd Cruz, who play brothers, and Claudine Barretto, who plays the woman with whom the two men fall in love at the same time.

Production

In February 2004, scriptwriter Ricky Lee, along with co-writer Shaira Mella Salvador, director Rory Quintos, and producer Tess Fuentes, flew to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to conduct research for the film and interview various Overseas Filipino Workers in the emirate. The interviews would serve as a composite for the film.

Two months after the production teams visited Dubai, director Quintos, along with the three main cast, and a skeleton crew composed of 13 people, went to Dubai to shoot the movie. Among the shooting locations were the Dubai International Airport, Burj Al-Arab, Dubai Creek and Sheikh Zayed Road. Scenes were also shot in a shopping mall, a bazaar (souq), and in the desert.

Scriptwriter Lee remarks about the reason for making the film ten years later, in 2015: “While I don’t remember much about making Dubai, I do remember that what we wanted to show was that no matter where a Filipino is, wherever he is in the world, he will remain a Filipino,” Lee says. “That being a Filipino is not about where you are, it’s something ingrained in the heart.”

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