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Figuring out the moving on sub-theme of "Ang Lalake sa Parola" (The Man in the Lighthouse)

I heard about this movie years ago but I only happened to find time to watch this because someone (finally) bought the VCD copy I have of this in 1 of my online catalogues. I decided that I should watch it first before packing and shipping it to the buyer, which I did in midst of other pressing assignments. And I would wonder how the customer who has an American-sounding name would be able to understand this film, when it has no subtitles (maybe, he understands Tagalog, I hope). The VCD itself was given to me by a friend who decided he'd unload a lot of his stuff to gain more living space in the process (which is a moving on step, in more ways than one). And I was surprised it's written by Lex Bonife, whom I know personally and connected with as well through Facebook, and who has gone to make more fascinating films after this very interesting movie (apparently). And there were more surprises I had while watching the film. Although not linearly narrated, the film has at least

Moving On as the Theme of the Indie Film 'Muli' (Again and Again)

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Moving On from the Setbacks of Gay Indie Filmmaking in 'Laruang Lalake' (Boytoy aka Censored Dreams')

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