Amnesia Love

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Amnesia Love
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlbert Langitan
Produced byVicente Del Rosario III
Starring Paolo Ballesteros
Yam Concepcion
Polo Ravales
Vandolph
Maricel Morales
CinematographyJournalie Payonan
Edited byMark Cyril Bautista
Music byImmanuel Verona
Production
company
Distributed by Viva Films
Release date
  • February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28)(Philippines)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino
Box office₱8.7 million [2]

Amnesia Love is a Filipino love story comedy film written and directed by Albert Langitan, starring Paolo Ballesteros and Yam Concepcion. [3] The film was produced by Viva Films a subsidiary of Viva Entertainment. The film was released in the Philippines on February 28, 2018. [4]

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Plot

Paolo Ballesteros as a gay guy meets an accident and gets washed up in a remote island. He also trying to discover his true identity after being found unconscious in a remote island. When he wakes up he does not remember anything, including his gender orientation. He spends a few weeks in the island where he develops a romance with a barrio lass, until his boyfriend is able to locate him and everything is revealed to him. [5] [6]

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