As clouds begin to roll, we see the afternoon life of a busy city. Cars jam the streets, as people make squares of the side streets they walk on. People queue in line as they try to board the city train. This is Sam’s picture of his daily route to the university. He is a young filmmaker, who in his daily commute, picks up his girlfriend Isa from the train station before heading to school together.
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Love is a simple subject that is painfully made complex by people who overthink what they're up to and those who overly romanticized their situation - when really it's only a question of whether you would like to commit to or not. In Ang Kwento Nating Dalawa our protagonists hinges on a feeling that what they have for each other is like being caught between a rock and a hard place. Shot within Metro Manila as the main backdrop the star-crossed lovers strolled, conversed, romanticized the city and cried inside a taxi like it was a scene from a Richard Linklater movie. The influence is obvious but there are moments in its attempt to show such deep emotions - for a conflict that can be solved by a simple yes or no - that the story skirts around feeling bland as it goes along. Like it was standard film school theory made evident on celluloid. What's stopping them from pursuing their…