A woman in search of herself is the center of the story of the upcoming Star Cinema film “Dear Other Self,” which stars Jodi Sta. Maria, Joseph Marco, and Xian Lim, screening in key countries worldwide via TFC@theMovies starting May 25.
The film’s director Veronica Velasco shares that she and co-writer Jinky Laurel took inspiration from the former’s teenage daughter. “I noticed that because of the things they read on the internet, they become aware of different places around the world and they want to travel there”, she recalls. “These days, there is a concept of yolo or you only live once where some feel the need to leave everything behind and travel the world. I was thinking, ‘what if that is the life she chose’, and thus ‘Dear Other Self’ was born.”
“Dear Other Self” tells the story of Becky (Sta. Maria), the breadwinner of the family who faces a life-changing decision in her life one day. One has her starting her day right, nailing a presentation, and getting promoted. The other has her waking up on the wrong side of the bed, flunking a presentation, and getting fired.
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