Naka-ilang relasyon ka this past year?
– Ako? Ano ba yung gusto mo, yung pangmatagalan, o yung pangmadalian lang?
Bakit, ano ba yung pangmatagalan sa iyo?
– Yung tatlong linggo, isang buwan.
What a sad, sad truth. Whether we like it or not, and however much we cite real cases where particular gay relationships stretch on into years, there is no denying that such partnerships generally last shorter than their heterosexual counterpart. Why do you think so?
The vision of a Bukang Liwayway (Daybreak) captures the complex beauty, explosive passion, and sadly, the cyclical transcience of gay love. This, and other issues surrounding gay relationships, are tackled in this newest Adolfo Alix Jr. indie film, Daybreak. The screenplay is beautifully written by Bebs Gohetia, with Coco Martin and Paolo Rivero as lead actors.
[Photo above taken by: Teresa Barrozo]
Coco Martin seems to be the Darling of Indie Films nowadays. Hmmm… bakit kaya?
Enjoy the following Coco Martin / Daybreak promo photos.
[Photo above taken by: Teresa Barrozo]
For more info on the movie Daybreak, click here.
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im in love with both guys…
they’re so hot
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astig ang laki
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Another liberating movie.. Lookng 4ward 4 it, coco rocks!
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It’s not surprising that Coco Martin is the darling of Indie movies nowadays…just look at him…alluring smiles and bushy eyebrows…only meant to be a bright future ahead of him.
May malaki siyang ‘hinaharap’ O Eh diba…mga HILLARIES?
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I surely watch and own d video of this coco!
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It’s because there’s no gay marriage that’s recognized legally and socially yet. There’s no concrete thing that tie the men together. No framework, no social expectations. I would bet that if gay relationships were given the chance to go in the same direction as straight relationships are expected to go: from crush, to boyfriends, to marriage, to family, to old age, I think more would survive.
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I’d also like to believe that a single gay guy would be less likely to prey on a man if he knew he was already married.
Oh, wait. AGGGH! We’re doooomed!
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Why don’t partnerships last?
A - Because most men are selfish, lying sluts who can’t keep their dicks in their pants and who don’t understand the concept of loyalty and being faithful. Or rather they do understand it - they just don’t think it applies to them.
B - Because a couple needs more than good times in the bedroom to make a relationship. You need a solid foundation of mutual R.E.S.P.E.C.T and understanding, have shared interests and friends and tolerate each other’s foibles.
C - Mistaking lust for love.
D - Not communicating and not listening.
E - Fighting over trivial issues that seem very important at the time but really don’t matter at all.
People change over time, relationships change - recognise this and adapt.
Before you start having a go at me, I freely admit I failed on most of the above at one time or another in the last 35 years. I’m no expert. I just pass on what I’ve learned to anyone who’s interested.
Learn to forgive him and yourself.
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can’t wait to see this film..i love coco martin..he’s smokin’. i’d love to spend a night with him..yeah right?!..
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I am going to see this flick!
Parang ganito kasi ang nangyari sa buhay ko in the past two months..
I just realized a lot of things in our world after testing the waters. Everyting is indeed short, its hard to find the one who is willing to sail with you in shaky waters.
sigh*
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Oooohhhhh Coco………Darling of Indie Films nga ata sya nowadays.
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naks, ako una?
does it mean also na ako makakauna jan kay COCO MARTIN? hihi
anyways ang gwapo nya! mukhang innocent but naughty pag nakahubad na! sh*T
i’m so excited to see that bukang liwayway!
not just to see coco nor paolo..
but to be touched by the story.huhu
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Ian is so 100% correct!
Ang mga “lalaki” ay malilibog, ang mga bakla ay “lalaki”, pues ang mga bakla ay malilibog. Lalong-lalo na ang mga straight acting homosexuals, libog ang nauuna kaysa pag-ibig o respeto. Kaya’t kapag sila ang nagkatapat, walang patutunguhang mahabang relasyon. Open relationship? Hindi ba’t para lamang mapagbigyan ang kanilang mga kalibugan?
Pero iba ang mga baklang “pusong babae”, dahil sila ay nagtataglay ng “puso” at “kaisipan” ng isang “babae”, hindi libog ang pangunahing layunin ng mga “babae” sa isang relasyon. kung hindi ang “relasyon”. At kalimitan ay hindi rin nagtatagal ang kanilang relasyon dahil na rin sa “lalaki” ang tipo nilang kasama sa buhay.
Mahirap mag-kontrol ng libog ang isang lalaki, hindi ba’t mas mahirap din sa isang bakla na kontrolin ang kanyang libog?
Alam n’yo bang kilala ang lahi ni Paolo sa Bataan na mga “dakila”. “Dakila” si Paolo pero mas “dakila” pa daw sa kanya ang mas nakababatang kapatid n’ya.
Nag-init ang mga ulo n’yo? So huwag nang magtaka kung bakit hindi nagtatagal ang ating relasyon.
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hi.. salamat sa pagfeature! *apir*
magaan kasi katrabaho si coco, madaling kausap, magaling na aktor.. kaya mabenta siya sa indies.
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because he’s so freaking cute!
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Jedd, I agree with you 100%. I also think that it’s the lack of a social institution like marriage to protect gay relationships, that leads to the transcience of gay love. You are also right to be realistic and say that “more will survive” if gay marraige were legalized. It’s not the perfect solution, and we only need to look at heterosexual couples to see that a part of human nature is really unfaithful. Yet I do believe that the legalization of gay marraige will go a long way in “normalizing” the cycle of gay love.
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naka ilang relationships na ba ko the past year?
0.
before that?
0.
sad.
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Coco Martin, Harry Laurel/Chua, and Janvier Daily should make a film together. They’re the most fresh-looking, sexiest, and intriguing young actors ngayon. I liked Paolo Rivero a lot sa “Live Show” pero ‘di sila bagay ni Coco in this film IMO. He’s got a different appeal. He’d be better with Lauren Novero and Allen Dizon, all hot, moreno-ish, and Pinoy-looking.
Tigilan n’yo na’ng pag-e-emote! ;P Simple lang ang sagot d’yan: ‘Coz men are pigs.
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astig eto ha… migs ala bang pa eventbrite nito…parang nung sa roxxxane. hehehe
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why is this poor boy always featured in gay-themed indie movies?
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Ako, siguro yung Pang matagalan. I saw Wedding Banquet last night and I was struck dun sa sinabi ng chinese gay guy. Sabi nya ang hirap makahanap ng compatible sa mga tulad ko na gayman kaya he treasures the relationship with his lover. Parang tinamaan ako esp to someone like me na nasa Academe. mahirap pagtuunan ng pansin ang mga estudiante ko sa college. Of course I dont want to shit, where I eat.
Lalo pa sa mga Filipino. I am not bitter dahil sa wala akong ka on na Pinoy dahil sa mga previous na karanasan na dumaan sa akin with locals.
Gusto ko yung pangmatagalan. yung may kasama, yung may kausap, yung may kayakap, kalambingan, kaibigan, ka-ibigan, kalaro.
Si coco… walang kiyeme sa role. Yan yung talagang artista, sorry he is not my type pero gwapo sya sa film.
kaya nga Im looking for a long term until now. heheh does this looks like an invitation ?
majesty.of.winter@gmail.com
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Yes, yes, men are pigs, assholes, whatever. It’s biology boys! Men are designed to spread their seed, to ensure propagation of the species. Yun nga lang if you’re gay, you’re probably implanting your seed in someone who doesn’t have a uterus. Blame no one. your balls don’t know the difference.
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box office hit siguro if magkasama sina coco at janvier.
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Box office? I wish! LOL I was thinking originally ‘no’ dahil gay film pero in Korea tinangkilik [sp?] nila ang “The King and the Clown”. It’s a historical drama nga lang and no sex scenes but the main characters are 2 males, 1 gay and 1 straight, in a relationship. When it came out (2005-6), it was the highest-grossing local film during its time, making about $70 million. Sorry for the side story!
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wow, $70 million!!!
Sorry for the side comment!
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mukhang maganda yung film
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I love what Ian said! Very true indeed…
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kaya lang mabenta si coco sa mga indie e dahil puro kay adolf alix ang digital movies nya. siguro may relasyon sila or natitikman sya. ganun naman di ba?
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gino, you’re too narrow minded to assume such a position. i don’t think so. magaling naman si coco martin and he deserves such roles.
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Napanood ko rushes ng pelikula. Grabe love scene nina coco n paolo! Laplapan at dilaan talaga ang dalawa! Gusto k ng magpa2rong humalik sa kanila!
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yeah, sana may gumawa ng gay themed film na hindi naman puro kabaklaan o puro boinkan at sana walang masyadong flesh. Iexplore nila ang gay relationships without having sex as a visual language.
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I rarely dig into indie films, but I’m very fortunate to watch the premiere of director Adolfo Alix’s (”Donsol” & “Batanes”) movie DAYBREAK. And boy, oh boy…I fell in love with it.
It’s amazing how the film was able to captivate the feelings of every gay viewer knowing the ups and downs of complicated gay relationships. But what amazes me more is how the director and the actors were able to create a stark contrast of manly lust and despair in the climactic break-up sex scene (which at first I never thought it would be integral to the story). I would also say that the sex scenes there, though simulated, were very hot and, as my coyish friend tells it, “with feelings”…something that Filipino gay-themed indie films sorely lack. I heard that it took a number of takes by both Coco Martin and Paolo Rivero to perfect the kisses because “nagkakailangan pa sila”. But all throughout the movie, it was a mixture of kilig ang sadness. Especially the morning after when one of them left the other, much to his own dismay and heartbreak.
If there’s one thing that I’d like to improve about the film…is to remove the excess establishing scenes. Apart from that, everything else is perfect!
Kudos to Adolf, Paolo and Coco! Can’t wait to have it released on DVD!
Kaya watch na kayo!
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EARLY REVIEW OF DAYBREAK:
Hayok na hayok sa halikan
ni: Allan Diones
Abante Tonite
Feb.15,2008
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/feb1508/entertainment_diones.htm
Makaka-relate ang maraming bading sa indie gay film na Daybreak na napanood namin sa gala screening nito sa Cine Adarna ng UP Diliman nu’ng Miyerkules.
Ang istorya ng Daybreak ay naganap sa isang lokasyon lang (sa Tagaytay) sa loob lang ng isang maghapon at magdamag at dalawa lamang ang karakter nito.
Nag-umpisa ang pelikula na nagmamaneho paakyat ng Tagaytay ang doktor na si William (Paolo Rivero). Ang paalam niya sa kanyang asawa ay may aayusin lang siya roon.
Dinaanan niya ang isang binatang naghihintay sa kanya at magkasama silang pumunta sa resthouse ng pamilya ni William na sa hindi kalayuan ay natatanaw ang Taal Volcano.
Ang binatang sinundo niya ay si JP (Coco Martin), isang local boatman at tour guide sa Taal, Batangas na isang taon nang lihim na karelasyon ni William.
Kung si William ay may misis, si JP ay may nobya.
Dalawang buwan din silang hindi nagkita. Na-miss nila ang isa’t isa.
Nandiyang magbiruan sila na may kasamang kurutan, at mga lambingan na puno ng kaswitan.
Iyun ang huling gabi na magsasalo sila sa kaligayahan. Pupunta na ng Australia si William kaya kailangan na nitong magpaalam.
Perfect location ang Tagaytay para sa Daybreak. Gustung-gusto namin ‘yung mga eksenang unti-unting nababalot ang tanawin ng makapal na fog, habang nakatunghay ka sa Bulkang Taal na para bang damang-dama mo ang malamig na paligid.
Tila nangungusap ang mga quiet shots ng paggalaw ng mga puno, pagbalong ng mga ulap, pagkalat ng hamog, pagkagat ng dilim at pagsilay ng liwanag, habang ang musikang maririnig mo ay halos mga tunog lamang ng wind chimes.
Sakto ang pagma-match kina Paolo Rivero (napanood noon bilang ‘torero’ sa Live Show) at Coco Martin (unang nakilala sa Masahista).
Maputi at makinis ang edukado at tahimik na si William, habang moreno at mukhang babad sa araw at batak sa trabaho ang simple at ordinaryong binata na si JP.
Mainit ang una nilang lampungan, na hindi na nila natiis ang pananabik nila sa isa’t isa habang nagluluto sila ng pasta.
Todo-bigay ang kanilang laplapan na animo’y hayok na hayok sila kung makasibasib ng halik.
Walang keber si Coco sa pagpapakita ng puwet. Umaatikabo ang kanilang laplapan na para bang sadyang marubdob ang nadarama nila para sa isa’t isa.
Hindi mechanical ang dating o parang napipilitan lang ang kanilang mga halikan at lampungan kaya maniniwala kang masidhi ang kanilang pagmamahalan.
Matino at may taste ang unang gay film ng indie director na si Adolf Alix, Jr. (nagdirehe ng Donsol, Kadin, Tambolista, Nars at Batanes).
Hindi ito katulad ng mga pipitsuging soft-porn gay flicks na nagsusulputan ngayon. Sana ay gumawa pa ng maraming ganito si Direk Adolf.
Sa Pebrero 20 ang regular showing ng Daybreak sa IndieSine ng Robinsons Galleria. Ipapalabas din ito sa Robinsons Place Ermita (Pebrero 27-Marso 4) at Robinsons Bacolod (Marso 5-11).
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from Abante:
May ‘Meet And Greet Session’ ang mga bida ng pelikulang Daybreak na sina Coco Martin at Paolo Rivero bukas (Sabado, Pebrero 23) nang 6:30-7:30 PM sa Robinson’s Galleria Cinema Lobby.
Maganda ang resulta sa takilya ng Daybreak kaya extended nang isang linggo (Pebrero 27-Marso 4) ang pagpapalabas nito sa Robinson Galleria’s IndieSine bago lumipat para sa simultaneous run sa Robinson’s Ermita at Bacolod sa Marso 5 -12.
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Very inspiring!
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i’m gonna see this movie. sayang indi ako nakapunta sa UP. uncut kaya ang version nito sa RP malls?
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I wont forget the message “never fall in love with a flirt”. Nararamdaman ko now ung feeling na dati kaw ung player tpos nainlove ka… sana di ako iwanan.. hahahha… Bitin ung story…
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direk adolf response to aj’s site re daybreak:
Hey AJ,
Thank you for your support for DAYBREAK.
There were last minute changes in the set-up.
DAYBREAK will solely be playing at Indiesine for its 2nd week run starting today till March 4.
SELDA will have its solo run the week after.
Thanks for all those who supported us.
Let me know what you think of the movie.
Salamat po.
Adolf
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I still believe and hope that within this community …love could be keep real
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hi migs…
salamat sa support! =)
at sa lahat ng mga nanonood, nakiiyak (balita ko), nakiramdam at nakarelate… salamat, salamat..
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For those who have not seen DAYBREAK yet:
It’s moving this March 4-11 at
Robinson’s Place Ermita and is simultaneously showing at Robinson’s Place Bacolod.
Spread the word.
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kelan kaya ang video release?
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it’s very interesting that gay indie film, im gonna watch, its so touchable movie that relates the homosexual life, when will this film be shown in Cebu. ill wait for this release here, thanks
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sana makakita me nito! interesting…
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Lumabas na ang VCD nito. Kelan lalabas ang DVD version, para mas malinaw. Also kelan lalabas and DVD ng Selda, Nars, at iyong iba bang indie films
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why gay relationships seldom lasts?
admit or not majority of us are self centered…
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I love this film!
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Does anyone how to get in touch with Coco Martin? Haaayyyy!!!!
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