Becky & Badette

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Becky & Badette
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jun Lana
Written byJun Lana
Produced by
  • Jun Lana
  • Perci Intalan
  • Ferdinand Lapuz
Starring
CinematographyKara Moreno
Edited byBenjamin Tolentino
Music byTeresa Barrozo
Production
companies
Distributed byThe IdeaFirst Company
Release date
  • December 25, 2023 (2023-12-25)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

Becky & Badette is a 2023 Filipino comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Jun Lana. Starring Eugene Domingo and Pokwang, it revolves around the story of two best friends since high school who gain fame over a viral video that tackled woman-to-woman relationship. [1]

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Produced by The IdeaFirst Company and OctoberTrain Films, it was theatrically released on December 25, 2023, as one of the official entries for the 49th Metro Manila Film Festival.

Plot

Plot is patterned after the musical, Dear Evan Hansen.

Becky (Eugene Domingo) and Badette (Pokwang) are best friends. They work as maintenance personnel in a corporate building. While on break, they sell packed foods and their own specialty, fried chicken.

One day, Nirvana (Agot Isidro), their schoolmate, organizes a high school reunion. She went to a place where Becky and Badette resides to invite them to their reunion as their batchmates haven't heard any update from them. Nirvana tells them that they will be receiving an award from their alma mater and wear colorful outfits, and the batch expects them to be successful because their principal has said that they are the ones who are likely to succeed.

Becky and Badette go to the reunion. They are wearing colorful outfits, which are costumes from the bar beneath their boarding house. The whole batch ridicules them for their outfit, and worse, they ridicule them when Nirvana gives awards for every batchmate, except them. So they resort to drinking and get drunk.

While drunk, they revealed to the batch over the microphone that they are actually lovers. Their revelation is recorded on video and the video goes viral. This viral video becomes their gateway to their fame... and downfall.

Cast

Production

Becky & Badette was produced under The IdeaFirst Company and OctoberTrain Films [3] [4] with Jun Lana as the director and scriptwriter. [5] Lana described the film as a "love story for Philippine cinema", with the film made as a tribute to Dolphy, Sharon Cuneta and Maricel Soriano. It also has reference to film performances by Vilma Santos. [6] Its main plot is patterned after the musical, Dear Evan Hansen .

Lana cast the main two leads Pokwang and Eugene Domingo after seeing their performance in a short scene in Sampung Mga Kerida where they showed "electric chemistry". [6]

Sequel

Director Jun Lana is already working on a sequel for Becky & Badette as of November 2023, prior to the film's premiere. [1]

Release

Becky & Badette premiered in cinemas in the Philippines on December 25, 2023, as one of the official entries of the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival. [7]

Accolades

Accolades received by Becky & Badette
YearAwardCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
2023 Metro Manila Film Festival Best Director Jun Lana Nominated [8]
Best Actress Eugene Domingo Nominated
Pokwang Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Romnick Sarmenta Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Agot Isidro Nominated
Best Cinematography Kara MorenoNominated
Best Production Design Jaylo ConananNominated
Best Sound Armand de GuzmanNominated
Best Original Theme Song "Finggah Lickin" from Becky & Badette – by Eugene DomingoWon
Gender Sensitivity Award Becky & BadetteWon
2024Platinum Stallion Media AwardsComedy Film of the YearWon [9]
Manila International Film Festival Special Jury PrizeBecky & BadetteWon [10]

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