Memories lead to regrets in ‘Alone/Together’

PEOPLE do not always make the right decisions in their lives, and often this leads to life’s “what ifs,” or simply called regret.

In one of Eric Jackson’s articles published in Forbes online, he has written about “The 25 Biggest Regrets in Life. What are Yours?” and fifth on his list is “breaking up with my true love/getting dumped by them.” Jackson said that “romance is a big area of regret for most of us .... It is tough to simply be happy with the love that you’ve found and takes away from the special moments you have today, if you’re constantly thinking back to what you once had.”

This kind of regret is the theme of ABS-CBN Films Black Sheep’s latest movie offering Alone/Together, which stars Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano. The film is written and directed by Antoinette Jadaone.

The film tells the story of college sweethearts Raf (Gil) and Christine (Soberano), whose paths will take a different turn that lead them to the biggest regrets in their lives.

Aside from the intriguing story of Raf and Christine, Jadaone also noted how the two stars’ individual characters tackled the “disillusionment” that some graduates feel upon facing the real world — a familiar situation to some overseas Filipinos. “When you’re in college, you feel that you can change the world. But we find that college graduates become disillusioned when they face the real world; that is what the movie tackles— they are in that period in their lives. You are different from who you were in college, from who you dreamed you will become, to who you have become,” Jadaone explained.

Find out what will happen to Christine and Raf’s lives in the film Alone/Together as it screens worldwide in the following dates and regions: February 21 in the Middle East and Papua New Guinea; February 22 in the United States, Canada and Fiji; February 23 in Vienna, Austria, and Gutenberg, Sweden; February 23 and 24 in the United Kingdom; February 24 in Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, and Rome, Bologna and Padova in Italy, and Dublin, Ireland; February 28 in Australia, New Zealand and Brunei Darussalam; March 1 in Saipan; March 2 in Espoo, Finland; March 3 in Milan, Florence, and Torino in Italy, Athens, Greece, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Paris, France; and March 10 in Oslo, Norway.