> "Paano kung sa bawat karatig-mundo, iisa ang kapalaran natin?”
The 5 stages of grief personified has got to be one of the most original idea we’ve had for a long while in indie cinema history. To acknowledge the fact that this film is made by a production team that consists of highschool students is enough to impress anyone.
Dilanglawin truly deserves a recognition for how well they gave justice to the teenage love experience, whether it’s heterosexual or queer. It showed us more than two sides in a relationship, quite literally. It can be messy, soft, clean, and destructive, all at the same time. Maybe the 5 of them fixed it, who knows? Or they didn't.
Because Mara didn’t lie, it truly is bigger than us now, but, it will get better.