A short story of two strangers meeting in a train journey, not knowing that something stranger is coming their way.
A short story of two strangers meeting in a train journey, not knowing that something stranger is coming their way.
2003-08-01
6.5
Gene is running away from the wrath of his own father while Mark is running away from his past. Gene is from Mariveles, Bataan while Mark is from Leyte. Destiny plays cupid on them as they meet in a far-away and picturesque town of Arayat, Pampanga. The need for somebody to hold and their mutual attraction seal their encounter. Can Gene and Mark start a happy life of togetherness in their new-found paradise or will their past continue to haunt them?
A business man in his 30s, with an expense account, checks into a hotel, exchanging smiles and pleasantries with the desk clerk, a woman of beauty and style. Once in his room, he listens again to a voice message on his cell phone: his lover tells him she is breaking up with him; he is not spontaneous; she has found someone else; don't call. He throws his phone down. When he reaches beneath the bed to retrieve it, he finds a Polaroid photograph of a partially nude woman posed provocatively; it includes a phone number and a sexual question. He opens a beer and stares at the photo. If he calls, what then?
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A movie about the blue ghost and missing people on halloween
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