Deadma Walking
A Palanca-winning comedy about gay best friends for life John and Mark whose friendship is put to the test when one of them has a terminal illness and asks the other to help him stage his fake death, wake, and funeral as his dying wish. The result is a laughfest of "deadly" proportions.
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"The foolishness of humankind is us thinking we can outsmart death not knowing he is already pulling a number on us while we're busy making other plans." Deadma Walking is the dark horse of this year's MMFF. Clearly, this is not included in my original lineup as I'm only gunning for Ang Larawan, All of You, and Siargao, but due to its early screening at Star Mall Alabang today (they opened early at 9:30 in the morning) I took a chance and never look back. Deadma Walking is more than just a gay movie and it's not this year's Die Beautiful (so stop comparing them), as I think this one is way better. Coming out is passé, it's a done plot, we're moving on. Deadma Walking is a story of family and true friendship, everything in between, from life and beyond death. When we talk about death we deem it as a grim subject but there's no sense of hopelessness or dour moments about one's demise…