Secrets

Secrets (2022)

A story about a young couple who escapes to a beach house in order to sort out their relationship but finds themselves entangled in a trap set by a seductive stranger.

Date of release
2022-06-10
TMDB
3.3 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama
Director
Jose Javier Reyes

Casting

Interesting facts

Secrets is a 2022 Filipino erotic thriller film written and directed by Jose Javier Reyes and starring Janelle Tee, Felix Roco, Denise Esteban and Benz Sangalang. About a young couple who travel to a secluded beach house and encounter trouble when the girlfriend's nephew (Roco) arrives from the Middle East, the film was produced by Viva Films and LargaVista Entertainment and released on the streaming platform Vivamax on June 10, 2022.

Production

In 2021, Viva Communications launched its streaming platform Vivamax, a site where a large portion of original content being offered are sexploitation films and series to serve as its "differentiator" from other streaming services.

Filmmaker Jose Javier Reyes decided in 2022 to make Secrets for Vivamax, with the encouragement of director Joel Lamangan, to challenge himself in working on a "very tense, very sexual" story that other producers might not be willing to finance, stating that "it is sensitive to make a film in Vivamax and if I were to make a film like that, I want it to be different." He also cited the COVID-19 pandemic and the changing landscape of the film indus…

Actress Janelle Tee was continuously fed on set by Reyes after he noticed her large appetite. Actor Felix Roco was hesitant about doing nude scenes for the film, stating that he accepted the role "[b]ecause I want to work.... in reality, I was getting nervous [to do the nude scene], but I did not want to stall the shooting. I just did it so that it can be finished already."

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