Cinemalaya: We just fell in love with Sana Dati.
SANA DATI Official Trailer from Jerrold Tarog on Vimeo.
As the credits rolled, we sat there with tears and snot pouring down our faces and decided that it was not the time to be clever. We were floored, we were gobsmacked, we were won over completely. This is a love story that plays like a suspense thriller—you can sense the tension long before you have an inkling of what’s going on. It is a real romance—you feel yourself brimming with emotion, and you’re not even sure who the lovers are. It is a work of cinematic virtuosity that doesn’t call attention to itself.
We spend a lot of time bitching about Filipino cinema; this is a movie that makes us shut up. All we could say to Jerrold Tarog in a text was: !@#$%^ mo, naiyak kami doon, ang ganda.
Sana Dati. Direction, screenplay, editing, musical score and sound design by Jerrold Tarog.
The remaining screenings:
Today, August 1: 4pm at Trinoma; 4pm at Alabang Town Center; 9pm at CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute
Tomorrow, August 2: 4pm at Greenbelt 3; 9pm at CCP MKP Hall
Saturday, August 3: 6:30pm at Trinoma
Sunday, August 4: 1:30pm at Trinoma; 1:30pm at Alabang Town Center
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
August 1st, 2013 at 14:13
ito na po ba ang dabest sa cinemalaya ngayong taon? akma lalung-lalo na sa mga may oras sumaglit sa trinoma para sa isang pelikula lamang?
August 1st, 2013 at 16:57
turmukoy: If you have time for just one Cinemalaya entry this year, we recommend Sana Dati or Purok 7 (although we haven’t seen all the entries). Instant Mommy will have a commercial run so you can watch it at the mall later.
August 2nd, 2013 at 19:23
Lovi Poe was perfect in this. Aside from the romance, Andrea’s relationship with her family also felt real. And that scene where Andrea’s mom has had it with her, it’s amazing how they managed not to overact but still translate the tension on screen.
August 3rd, 2013 at 00:38
haciendera: We like how the characters we expect to hate turn out to be decent humans. There are no villains. The performances were pitched right. Yung best friend malandi pero hindi bumebeki. Yung wedding coordinator, nakakatuwa ang mga reaksyon. Yung kapatid na ngumunguyngoy dahil nawala na naman ang cellphone—maraming ganyan.
August 3rd, 2013 at 01:12
Sana Dati is a tearjerker without even trying. I love the ending.
September 26th, 2013 at 11:21
Just watched it yesterday and I thought TJ Trinidad was good. With the ending scene plus “Indak” playing, it was heartbreaking. And I’ve just remembered that Armi Millare also has a very good song called “Delubyo” in Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros =)