Through Night and Day

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Through Night and Day
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Isabela
Directed byVeronica Velasco
Written byIsabela
Screenplay by Alessandra de Rossi
Noreen Capili
Story by Alessandra de Rossi
Noreen Capili
Produced byVincent del Rosario III
Valerie del Rosario
Veronique del Rosario-Corpus
Starring
CinematographyNoel Teehankee
Edited byNoah Tonga
Music byJessie Lasaten
Production
companies
OctoArts Films
Mischief Productions
Mavx Productions
Distributed by Viva Films
Release date
  • 14 November 2018 (2018-11-14)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

Through Night and Day is a 2018 Philippine romantic comedy-drama film [1] directed by Veronica Velasco starring Alessandra de Rossi and Paolo Contis. The film revolves around an engaged couple whose relationship is tested while on a prenup trip to Iceland.

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Cast

Ben and Jen have known each other for 20 years and have been in a romantic relationship for 13 years prior to becoming engaged. [6]

Production

Through Night and Day was directed by Veronica Velasco and written by Noreen Capili. Lead actress de Rossi was supposed to direct and write the script for the film. [7] De Rossi had a "complete story" for the film but due to pressures on fulfilling the lead actress role for the film, she entrusted Noreen Capili to complete the script and decided to direct the film instead. The final script was said by de Rossi to be "100 times better" than what she could have done. [8] De Rossi personally went to Iceland in June 2018 [4] to develop the story for the film and it was snowing heavily during her stay in the country. Her acting commitment with Since I Found You also held her back from working on the film's story and only managed to create ten sequences before handing over the writing role to Capili. [2]

De Rossi dropped plans on being the film's director. If the plan pushed through Through Night and Day would have marked de Rossi's directoral debut. Veronica Velasco selected to direct the film. [2] Velasco gave the leads, Alessandra de Rossi and Contis creative freedom in delivering their lines and did not oblige them to strictly follow the script. [9]

A significant part of Through Night and Day was filmed in Iceland with principal photography done in the country within a span of nine days. In an accident scene, the temperature went down at around −10 °C (14 °F) in the filming location. An entire day was also wasted due to unforeseen heavy rainfall. Seven days were spent by the crew touring around country through the Ring Road. [10] Iceland is also de Rossi's "dream destination" which is also associated with pop singer and her idol Björk. [1]

The title for the film, Through Night and Day was derived from the lyrics of Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven". [11]

Music

Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" was supposed to be the theme song for Through Night and Day. [11] The record label for the song allowed the work to be used for the film but Clapton himself did not give consent due to the song being "very personal" for him. Due to inability to secure rights for "Tears in Heaven", "I Will Be Here" was used instead. [12] Ben's proposal song to Jen was composed by Joey Marquez. [11]

Release

Through Night and Day premiered in cinemas in the Philippines on November 14, 2018. The film had a poor opening day reportedly grossing ₱600 thousand. [13] The film received an 'A' rating from the Cinema Evaluation Board. [14]

The film was also released on Netflix on July 9, 2020 [15] where it had relative success, peaking at the number 1 spot as the most viewed film in the Philippines. [16]

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