The Comeback (2015 film)

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The Comeback
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Directed byIvan Andrew Payawal
Starring Kaye Abad
Sheena Ramos
Valeen Montenegro
Matt Evans
Release date
  • November 9, 2015 (2015-11-09)(Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival)
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

The Comeback is a 2015 Filipino independent comedy film. It was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, and Best Director in the 2015 Cinema One Originals Film Festival, but failed to win any awards. [1]

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Plot

The story follows a 32-year-old formerly famous actress who loses everything in her life and decides to commit suicide. On the day she decides to kill herself, she receives a package containing four letters and a dead man's ashes.

Cast

Reception

Writing in the Philippine Daily Inquirer , entertainment editor Rito P. Asilo remarked on the "riotous ludicrousness" of this "wacky comedy" that "fail[s] to say anything significant", [2] while an ABS-CBN reviewer focused on the quality of the lead's acting, saying that "Kaye Abad shines in her role as Angela Velasco". [3]

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References

  1. "FULL LIST: Winners, Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2015".
  2. Rito P. Asilo, Cinema One fest yields pleasant surprises, frivolous duds, Philippine Daily Inquirer , November 27, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016
  3. Rhea Manila Santos, Kaye Abad shines playing a 'laos' star in indie film The Comeback, abs-cbn.com, November 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.