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Kim Chiu recalls her ‘one-sided love’

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Actress Kim Chiu once experience­d loving someone who didn’t love her back. In a recent interview, she said that special someone gave his heart to someone else.

“It became a one-sided love. I realized I was the only one who wanted the relationsh­ip to work so I decided to just let go,” she related. “With so many men in the world, one shouldn’t stay in that kind of relationsh­ip.”

Turning serious, Kim said she believes love is a universal language and it could be expressed with other emotions as happiness or sadness.

“Though love is just composed of four letters, it affects almost everything – what you’re thinking, your feelings, how you move, how you talk,” she said. “In any case, I think in time people could find their respective one great love.”

Well, Kim talked about one great love as this holiday season, the inspiring love story of her character in “One Great Love” will have a theatrical release.

It is Regal Entertainm­ent, Inc.’s Christmas offering, and an entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival 2018.

Along with Kim are the two of the best actors of this generation, Dennis Trillo and JC de Vera.

In the movie, Dennis, JC, and Kim take on roles that get entangled in a love triangle.

Kim plays Zyra Paez who believes love will complete her and bring her joy. JC is Carl Mauricio, who is Zyra’s one great love. However, because of Carl’s turbulent past, he unintentio­nally keeps hurting the women he loves.

Dennis is Ian Arcano, Zyra’s dependable friend, who eventually falls in love with her. These three lives are intertwine­d in a story that reveals while all seek love, everyone sees it differentl­y.

The film also stars Eric Quizon playing Dante Paez, Zyra’s loving father, who never got over his one great love, and discovers the deserves a second chance at love. Nina Dolino as Annie Paez, Dante’s second wife, who is a firm believer that One Great Love exists. Miles Ocampo is Jemi Paez, sister of Zyra and who is mature for her age. She is a practical thinker, who challenges Zyra’s view about love. Marlo Mortel is Bryan Gomez, a loving free-spirited guy who falls in love with Jemi.

“One Great Love” opens in cinemas on Dec. 25. (Report by Stephanie Marie Bernardino)

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