Exes Baggage

Dan Villegas's 2018 Filipino film follows Pia and Nix, who meet by chance. Both came out of earlier relationships hurt, and they decide to try anyway. The film gives the beginning of the relationship and its collapse folded into each other. The order of time is broken; separation follows straight after happy scenes and the viewer learns the reason piece by piece. Angelica Panganiban and Carlo Aquino played opposite each other again after many years, which drove much of the interest in the film. The dialogue sits close to improvisation. Who it's for: those who like Filipino romantic drama. Who it's not for: viewers wanting a love story that ends happily; the film promises nothing of the sort.