The Breakup Playlist

Dan Villegas's 2015 Filipino film follows two musicians writing a song together. Trixie is a classically trained singer and Gino comes from the rock scene; working together soon turns into a relationship. The film does not tell the relationship in order. The separation and the time together are interleaved; the narrative leaves it to the viewer to place which song belongs to which period and makes that its structure. Sarah Geronimo and Piolo Pascual lead and sing themselves. The tone is melancholy and the narrative guarantees no reunion; the musical passages carry the film. Who it's for: those who like Filipino musical romance. Who it's not for: viewers expecting a linear narrative; the film moves back and forth in time throughout.