Moments of Love (2006)

This is a poster for Moments of Love. The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, GMA Films, the publisher of the film or the graphic artist. Further details: Moments of love starring Iza Calzado & DingDong Dantes by GMA Films

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Written and Directed by Mark A. Reyes V

I was born on the 16th of March.  When I chose to watch this film because I was intrigued by the trailer, I did not know my birthday was in between two vital dates (the carving and the plane crash of President Ramon Magsaysay) in the movie.

The people watching the movie were aware of the different eras except for the two phone pals. 

There are times when we love someone deeply not knowing that our love for that person is only a bridge for us or a preparation for us in meeting THE ONE.  This is that type of story.

THE TITLE AND THE THEME SONG

Let's just say the movie borrowed the title from the song composed by Nonong Buencamino, but for all we know, the song was composed for the movie.  I vaguely remember, or maybe I'm remembering it wrong, that there were other singers who sang this before Janno Gibbs and Jennylyn Mercado.  Anyways, the song is for the movie and the movie is the song.  Do I even make sense?  

Although the song is somewhat new it is a timeless song and somehow we were made to believe that a person from the 1950s already knew that song. 

There are many movies with the theme of the past and present colliding because of the space and time continuum...that time is like a pretzel, plus so many others.

A few years back I watched the South Korean movie called Il Mare, but unlike Moments of Love, Il Mare's lovers Sung-hyun and Eun-joo's love was possible.  Unless an unforeseen event would happen in between two years, more or less, Sung-hyun and Eun-joo could eventually meet and rub elbows or something more than that.  In the case of Moments of Love, the events have a forty-nine year difference, so...

The casting is good, the story was beautifully written and the direction was almost seamless. Hmm... Shouldn't have I described the screenplay that way instead?

Anyways, the actors played their roles more than well.

I felt the inexplicable love between Marco and Divina, but just like Chances Are where the story is a bit freakier, but still very beautiful, their love sort of led Marco to Lianne.

Well, I won't give the whole story away.

The trailer or the MV sort of tells the whole story, but there are still lots of surprises, believe you me.

Besides Marco and Divina's story, there's the side story of Ava and Kiko too.

Jojo Alejar, Marco's cousin and good friend, also plays a vital role.  He also lightens the mood of the viewers.

Ian Veneracion looks so dashing here.  It's no wonder that... :-)  

I won't do a roll call anymore.  Just check out the rest of the cast that I copy-pasted from Wikipedia below.

Thanks a lot for your time.

Cast

Iza Calzado as Divina - The daughter of a haciendero from the 1950s. She loves to paint. She gets to know Marco through the mysterious phone in her room.

Dingdong Dantes as Marco - A photographer from 2006 who is on vacation with his sister and cousin while his parents are in London. He gets to know Divina through the mysterious phone in his room, which is Divina's old room.

Karylle as Lianne - Rosa Santos' (Later revealed to be Divina) young granddaughter. Her grandmother's accident leads her to meet Marco.

Gloria Romero as Rosa Santos/Old Divina - Lianne's grandmother who is actually Divina. She is renamed Rosa Santos by her kind husband who is the captain of the ship that sunk when Divina tried to go to Manila.

Chinggoy Alonzo as Senyor Andres Miguel Buenacer - Divina's father who decides to marry his daughter to Juancho, who is Divina's childhood friend, but later backs out on the agreement after he realizes that his daughter is unhappy.

Ces Quesada as Senyora Amelia Buenacer - Divina's mother who thinks that her daughter should marry for love.

Ian Veneracion as Captain Ricardo Santos - Divina's kind husband, whom she meets after he saves her from their ship (which was bound for Manila) sunk. He is also the one who renamed the amnesia stricken Divina, Rosa Santos.

Paolo Contis as Juancho - Divina's fiancée and childhood friend. He does everything in his power to try to make Divina his.

Isabel Oli as Ava - Marco's sister who becomes concerned when her brother suddenly acts strangely. She falls in love with Kiko, Ceding's grandson.

Dion Ignacio as Kiko - Ceding's grandson, who helps his grandmother take care of the Buenacer villa. He falls in love with Ava, Marco's sister.

Sandy Andolong as Elma, Lianne's mother and Divina and Ricardo's daughter

Jojo Alejar as Duke - Marco and Ava's witty cousin. Once a famous actor and director, he is trying to make a comeback to save his failing career.

Ama Quiambao as Old Ceding - Kiko's mother who is the caretaker of the Buenacer mansion.

Valerie Concepcion as Young Ceding - Divina's best friend and confidante, she is the maid of the Buenacer's and remains loyal to them even in 2006, during which she converted the villa into a bed and breakfast for travellers as a means to take care of the villa.