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Wait a second. Are you okay?

- [VLAD]: Why? - [KARL]: You've been acting weird since your birthday.

Whoever hears this story

will find the missing dead body inside their own closets!

How about you, Karl? Would you ever have feelings for Vlad?

[KARL]: He's handsome, smart,

[KARL]: and confident.

Clean those up, okay?

[VLAD]: Why are you walking like that?

- [KARL]: My head hurts. - [VLAD]: Are you feeling okay?

Stop moving.

You seem fine.

My head hurts. Don't worry.

What are you still doing here?

Do you want to talk about it?

About what?

The dance.

The dance. The dance?

The dance!

What about it?

You've been hiding upstairs after that.

And you've been avoiding to eat with me.

- [VLAD]: Are you sure you're okay? - [KARL]: Yeah, go ahead! My head hurts--

Karl, it was just a dance, okay?

It doesn't have to mean anything, you know?

So you can stop making me feel like a regret now.

What are you thinking?

- [KARL]: No, it's just that-- I know-- - [VLAD]: Yes?

Wait. Someone's at the door.

[KARL]: Excuse me.

[KARL]: Just a second!

I know, right? I missed you, too!

INTRODUCING Ian Pangilinan, Paolo Pangilinan

STARRING Che Ramos, Chrome Cosio, Adrienne Vergara

SOUND RECORDIST Julius Orendain

SOUND DESIGN Daryl Libongco, Aeriel Ellyzon Mallari

MUSIC Patricia Lasaten

EDITOR Kent Limbaga

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Chad Angelic Cabigon

PRODUCTION DESIGN Marxie Maolen Fadul

CINEMATOGRAPHY Dareen Baylon

MARKETING LEAD Jayvee N. Fontarum

LINE PRODUCER: Maria Kristina Cruz CREATIVE PRODUCER: Benedict O. Mendoza

PRODUCER Juan Miguel Severo

PRODUCER: Armi Rae Cacanindin PRODUCER: Kren V. Yap

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Quark Henares

CREATED AND WRITTEN BY Juan Miguel Severo

DIRECTED BY JP Habac

LIKE IN THE MOVIES

Where was I?

Right! Right!

So, anyway.

So I was telling Mom,

"Mom, it's different this time!

You know, I saw them together and they're so cute, so in love!

And Karl -- Karl is such a sweet boy!"

Which you really are, Karl, okay?

In fairness to you and, my God, your lashes!

- [JUDIT]: Is that available online? - [VLAD]: Cut to the chase, sis.

She's so happy for you, Vlad!

Mom is so happy for you!

Didn't I tell you that she's okay with you being gay?

Her issue was with that person -- that coward that is your ex.

- [VLAD]: I wish she would've told me, right? - [JUDIT]: But -- spoiler alert -- she will.

Tonight! We wanna have dinner with Karl! Already made reservations

but we'll go straight there because Mom is stuck in the office, but she will be there!

- [KARL]: But wait, Judit-- - [JUDIT]: Isn't it exciting?!

Right? Meeting the in-law!

And also, Karl, Mom is also asking for your parents' numbers and address.

Please give them so we can send you late Christmas presents

for you being a boyfriend to my brother and letting him stay here with you.

We're not together!

I let him stay here because I don't have money to pay rent.

Don't tell my parents, please?

We're not together.

- [VLAD]: Sis, - [JUDIT]: Wait.

- [VLAD]: Sis, it's not what-- - [JUDIT]: How could you lie to me?

Gather. Gather.

Okay.

Now, Vlad,

tell me how to convince Mom

that you are deserving to be left alone;

that you are capable of making mature decisions on your own;

when you apparently paid someone to pose as your boyfriend

using my money. I don't even pay for my men!

But I can pay for that money--

No! You're not excused from this!

You took advantage of my weakness.

- [VLAD]: But, sis, it's the new year-- - [JUDIT]: No! There won't be a new year!

Vlad.

Vlad, she was so excited to meet him.

Let's go.

What?

Why?

You can come back for your things some other time. We have to talk.

Since you're just here

so he can pay his rent, right?

But he paid already. So you have no reason to stay here.

Right, Karl?

Right?

I'm taking you home.

It's on. We're on!

You finally answered!

- [KARL]: Hello. - [MARIO]: Karl, I have something to show you!

How are you doing, son?

Enrollment's near! Have you received your grades last semester?

That's the thing.

Ma, I'm sorry. I got 2.0s.

Oh my, don't worry! That's okay, son!

That's not bad at all.

But Pa,

I have new clients!

$7 per hour.

Ghostwriting.

[KARL]: They said they like my writing. They say I'm a good writer.

Really?

Aida, can you get that?

- [MARIO]: That one! Get that for me. - [KARL]: But then, I'm ghostwriting. I don't get credited for it.

[ADELAIDA]: Mario. Mario!

I found this! Remember this?

How old were you then?

- [ADELAIDA]: Mario. - [MARIO]: Wait, Aida. This is fine.

I didn't draw that, Pa.

Big bro did.

Don't worry. On my next call,

I'll show you your drawings.

So you get inspired to make our dream house.

Your dream.

What's that?

I don't want Architecture anymore, Pa.

I want to transfer.

Wait, wait. It seems like our connection is getting weak. Wait.

I don't want to be an architect anymore.

I will transfer programs.

Why, son? Are you having a hard time?

No, Ma. I'm just not happy.

Not happy?

But it's a job, right? Does it have to be happy?

I want to get a job that I'd still want even if I'm not happy anymore.

How about the dream house?

I aspired that because that's your dream.

I can still do that even if I'm not in Architecture.

Wait, wait, wait.

What are you trying to say?

That we're forcing you?

- [KARL]: It's not like that, Pa. - [ADELAIDA]: Mario, please!

[ADELAIDA]: Son, where do you want to transfer?

[KARL]: I want to write.

I want to make films.

For the love of God! Showbiz?!

What's gotten into you? Why that?!

- [MARIO]: You know what, come home and let's talk about that. - [KARL]: Pa!

Trust me on this, okay?

I won't drown here so please, let me be!

Karl Frederick!

You were his favorite, you know?

I know.

Vlad,

whether it's Dad

or your ex,

or Karl,

please remember that you're worth staying for. Okay?

Wow.

That's rich coming from you.

"See! You act so gay. That's why Dad left us."

Don't you remember?

"Stop acting like you're straight."

"He's talented, but he's gay." "If only he wasn't gay."

Why would you say that to a child?

So please,

stop parotting fake ally speeches.

If you hate us, just be upfront.

Vlad, I was a kid, too.

Okay! Okay.

I didn't know then what I know now.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for not apologizing sooner.

But I'm saying sorry now.

Sorry.

Vlad.

Vlad, I love you, okay?

I know I can be too much sometimes.

Imposing, even.

But I just don't know how to get to you.

I know I'm not a perfect ally.

I'm still navigating through this.

But

I'm still your only sister.

And no matter how you fuck up,

I'm still going to be your sister. Capisce?

Hello, Ma?

We're on our way home.

Hello, Mom?

[VLAD'S MOM]: Vlady, so when are you introducing me to your new boyfriend?

I'll tell you when I get home.

Sorry.

[VLAD'S MOM]: Just make sure he won't deny you, okay?

[VLAD'S MOM]: Being left by a guy once is enough for my baby.

- [VLAD]: Anyway-- - [VLAD'S MOM]: Okay.

- [VLAD'S MOM]: I'll see you at home. - [VLAD]: Bye.

♫ But I slam against the sand And then again I never learn ♫

♫ Only the moon could pull me in ♫

♫ But now that he has gone It all feels wrong ♫

♫ But still I long for him ♫

Why?

Are you sure you're not coming home?

I'm in the mood for an art film.

I'll let you choose. I won't argue. Promise.

No.

Watch without me.

Is that all?

That's all.

Okay.

Bye.

♫ Maybe I just believed In the words you'd say to me ♫

♫ Promises just muttered ♫

Come home, Vlad.

I don't understand.

I have no one to talk to.

I don't have anyone.

It's like I don't belong here without you.

♫ My heart still is yours because ♫

♫ I tried so hard not to love ♫

♫ That I fell anyway, but kept away Became what I was scared of ♫

♫ Maybe I was afraid I would lose you painfully ♫

♫ And you'd tell me everyday, otherwise ♫

♫ So in time I believed Maybe your promises ♫

♫ Drowned out all those other noises Convinced me we'd last forever ♫

♫ We were crazy true young lovers ♫

♫ I didn't want to lose you (lost you anyway) ♫

♫ Didn't want to lose you (I pushed you away) ♫

♫ I didn't want to lose you ♫

[JUDIT]: Anna is leaving the unit next weekend. Has she told you?

Yeah.

Right after Karl.

Eddie, stop the car.

[EDDIE]: Madam?

I said stop the car!

[EDDIE]: Okay, ma'am.

Now, go.

I'll explain everything to Mama.

You only have until the weekend so make the most out of it.

If you get hurt again, let's deal with that later on.

For now, allow yourself to love.

Now, go.

Just ally things.

♫ Took a morning ride to the place where you and I were supposed to meet ♫

♫ The city yawns, they echo on, my thoughts are spinning on and on my head it seems ♫

♫ They lead me back to you ♫

♫ I keep coming back to you ♫

♫ Took a morning ride, found a place up in my mind, no one else can see ♫

♫ Maybe it's fate that we lose control ♫

♫ In circles around we go ♫

♫ We become who we ought to know ♫

♫ We just gotta let it go ♫

♫ We just gotta let it go ♫

♫ So I'm coming home to you ♫

♫ You ♫

♫ You're all I need, the very air I breathe ♫

♫ You are home ♫

♫ Home ♫

♫ Took a morning ride, gotta leave this all behind ♫

♫ For with you is where I want to be ♫

♫ Maybe it's fate that we can't control ♫

♫ Oh, round and around it goes ♫

♫ And all that we seem to know ♫

♫ We just gotta let it go ♫

♫ We just gotta let it go ♫

♫ So I'm coming home to you ♫

♫ You ♫

♫ You're all I need, the very air I breathe ♫

♫ You are home ♫

♫ Home ♫

♫ I found my way home ♫

♫ I found my way home ♫

♫ I found my way home ♫

What are you thinking?

I don't want to think anymore.

♫ So I'm coming home to you ♫

♫ You ♫

♫ You're all I need, the very air I breathe ♫

♫ You are home ♫

♫ Home I'm coming home to you ♫

♫ You ♫

♫ You're all I need, the very air I breathe ♫

♫ You are home ♫

How did he die?

It was an accident.

Papa said that a child can learn how to swim if he's put into the ocean.

But they underestimated the wave height.

One minute, they got distracted, and the next, big bro's gone.

When they brought him back to the shore, it's too late.

They had me the year after.

And so,

I got his clothes,

his pillow,

his toys.

Even his dreams.

His name.

He's the Karl who loved drawing houses.

I'm just living his life for him.

Talk about sibling rivalry, right?

It's me against the undiscovered potential of the dead.

Do you ever feel like you're not the protagonist of your own story?

Like you're just a supporting character

And whoever plays that role,

it doesn't matter.

The film will still be the same.

Because the script has been written,

and it just so happened that you're the only one available to play that part.

But it's not yours.

Do you get it?

Yeah. More than you think.

Okay, your turn!

Mine was really detailed.

- [KARL]: Come on. - [VLAD]: Okay, okay.

Here.

So you also have a visual aid.

You look just like him.

That's our favorite photo together.

You know that joke they say that

the eldest child is the only one conceived out of love?

And then the rest are there because they're bored or horny?

Well, ours is a little different.

My sister was conceived out of love.

My older brother was conceived out of lust.

And me, I was conceived to save the marriage.

And I was made aware of it.

My mom would always say, "It's thanks to you that we're still a family."

I took pride in it.

You know, I was the household prince.

I was Dad's favorite.

Sometimes he and Mom would fight because he's not giving fair attention to my other siblings.

Can you believe it?

But then, one day,

I came home from school, and I was telling Dad about this boy,

you know, my seatmate.

I don't know why but I was just so happy because he gave me his snack.

Imagine: I was just six.

I didn't even have a word for it yet.

- [KARL]: At that age? - [VLAD]: Yeah.

But that was the first time he hit me.

I mean, don't get me wrong. I now doubt it's because of that,

especially since he and Mom had always fought even way before that. But--

But as a kid,

you couldn't help but think that maybe that was it.

On my seventh birthday,

my Mom pushed for me to have a party.

Never mind that it was Jesus' birthday or whatever.

All my friends came. She invited everyone.

And then, in the middle of the magic show,

Dad dragged his luggage across me.

Then he never looked back.

Dad never came back.

He didn't even say goodbye?

Well, he did this.

- [KARL]: Sorry. - [VLAD]: It's okay.

You know, it's sort of funny, though.

Here you are,

feeling like you're just serving somebody else's purpose,

yet here I am,

feeling like I already failed serving mine -- saving the marriage.

That day when he left.

[KARL]: Are you sure you're going to be okay when you get home?

[VLAD]: Yeah. I'll give Mom a chance.

[VLAD]: And you? What if they don't want you to change programs?

- [KARL]: I'll make them. - [VLAD]: Wow.

♫ Slowly getting closer ♫

- ♫ Our worlds together ♫ - Vlad?

I want to write films.

I want to have a story I can call my own.

How about you?

Same.

But I want to be in charge of the ending, too.

♫ The joy is inevitable between the two of us ♫

♫ After conquering everything ♫

Juan Miguel Severo's LIKE IN THE MOVIES Directed by JP Habac

You are entitled to a love that lets you dance

You are entitled to a love that lets you dance without fear and shame.