‘Just a Stranger’ in cinemas Aug. 21
ANNE Curtis and Marco Gumabao go intimate in the romantic drama, “Just a Stranger.”
Written and directed by Jason Paul Laxamana (“The Day After Valentine’s,” “100 Tula Para Kay Stella”), the story revolves around a married woman who gets into an affair with a man half her age despite her nagging conscience that one day they might pay for it.
Mae Pimentel (Curtis) is in her mid-30s. Mae is not wanting in material things and can go on a leisure trip anywhere she wants. Her husband Phil (Edu Manzano), a businessman, doesn’t seem to mind as he has very little time for her. It is while vacationing in the flamboyant city of Lisbon, Portugal that this fashionable lady meets Jericho.
Jericho “Jekjek” Esguerra (Gumabao) is a 19-year-old son of a Philippine Ambassador. He is oozing with sex appeal and charming personality, but lacking in maturity. To help him have a sense of responsibility, his father tells him to find a job. Jericho is not excited about working, but out of respect for his parents Rufi and Judy (Robert Seña and Isay Alvarez), he obeys their demands. He has a girlfriend named Febbie ( Jas Rodriguez), but meeting Mae makes his life more exciting.
Laxamana points out that the film was not created to romanticize illicit affair as the drama will delve deeper into the personal stories of the characters to show their reasons behind their actions.
“Just a Stranger” opens in cinemas nationwide on Aug. 21.