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Upuan

2023 · 127 min

A quiet, aching reunion story that lingers on longing and loss more than it resolves them.

Directed by: Greg Colasito
Genres: Romance
Starring: Krista Miller, Nika Madrid, Andrew Gan

Overview: Christina and Nessie are childhood friends who fell in love with each other, but they drifted apart because Christina's parents refused to accept her identity. After two years, the two were reunited. However, it was not the reunion they were hoping for.

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Directed by: Greg Colasito
Genres: Romance
Starring: Krista Miller, Nika Madrid, Andrew Gan

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Tone
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
identity
family
isolation
healing
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	7
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: romance
Directed by: Greg Colasito
Starring: Krista Miller, Nika Madrid, Andrew Gan, Rob Sy, Shaine Vasquez, Joyce Javier, Julia Victoria, Aldwin Alegre
Runtime: 127 min
Country: Philippines
Languages: Tagalog

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