That Thing Called Tadhana

That Thing Called Tadhana
Directed by Antoinette Jadaone
Produced by Bianca Balbuena
Dan Villegas
Written by Antoinette Jadaone
Starring Angelica Panganiban
JM de Guzman
Music by Emerzon Texon
Cinematography Sasha Palomares
Edited by Benjamin Gonzales Tolentino
Distributed by Star Cinema
Release dates
  • November 10, 2014

(Cinema One Originals Film Festival)

  • February 4, 2015

(wide)

Country Philippines
Language
  • Tagalog
  • English

That Thing Called Tadhana (English: That Thing Called Destiny) is a Filipino romantic comedy film starring Angelica Panganiban and JM de Guzman. Prior to its commercial release in 2015, it was an entry to the 2014 Cinema One Originals Film Festival where it earned top honors notably the Best Actress award for Panganiban. It is directed by critically acclaimed rookie director, Antoinette Jadaone[1] who had worked with Panganiban in the 2014 comedy flick, Beauty in a Bottle.

The film met both commercial and critical success and is penned as the most successful independent film release yet breaching ₱120 million gross revenue in under 3 weeks, despite facing piracy issues online during its run.[2][3] It has received an average rating of 8.8/10 in IMDB[4] and a perfect five stars in local film review site ClickTheCity.com.[5] Furthermore it was graded "A" by the Cinema Evaluation Board and given a Rated PG by the MTRCB.[6][7]

Overview

Background

Director, Antoinette Jadaone considers That Thing Called Tadhana as her "dream project" and described it as "more than 10 years’ worth of love stories, heartaches, heartbreaks, bitterness and acceptance".[8] The lead protagonist, Mace was first drafted during 2014 while Jadaone was filming for Relaks, It's Just Pagibig, the character had a cameo appearance in the said film but was played by Alessandra De Rossi as opposed to Panganiban.[9] During the post production of the film, the crew experienced a test in their team work when the foreign publishers of the song they want to use, Whitney Houston's "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?" charged them ₱220,000 for acquisition rights - but the ₱2 million budget they were awarded by the film festival had been used up. Eventually, the crew asked their friends to contribute ₱500 each in exchange of being mentioned in the ending credits of the film, showing the passion behind-the-scenes.[10][11]

Plot

A woman, Mace Castillo (Angelica Panganiban) who was desperately struggling in unloading her excess baggage in an airport in Italy, crying over on how she can get an exact load limit with her baggage until a man came up, Anthony (JM de Guzman)who comes to her aid and offered a space in his luggage until they both had finally checked out and went back to their home country. At the Philippine Airport, the two decided not to take the next cab ride and instead go somewhere. Both of them ended up singing in a karaoke bar where they sang together the song Where do Broken Hearts Go and after a few drinks, Mace told Anthony that she wanted to go to Baguio City. On their way, Mace woke up surprised that she can't believe herself asking Anthony to go with him and in Baguio to begin with. In the middle of the travel, they stopped over a terminal station and Anthony asked Mace to go down the bus and join him to eat some snacks. Anthony bought hotdogs and sodas, where Mace assumingly squeezed ketchup on Anthony's food and apologized for doing it, because it was something that her ex-boyfriend likes her to do. Anthony mentioned several different things and Mace had always something in it that reminds her of her ex. Mace remembered a friend who's deal was to pay another friend for every time she mentions her ex. For which, both decided to go for 100 pesos every time Mace mentions her Ex. Then as they reached their destination, they went to an Art Exhibit. While Anthony is staring at a painting, Mace discovers that Anthony has the passion for Arts, specifically in painting. They went out to eat lunch and in the conversation, Mace reveals that she also had a thing for writing during her college years, which was titled "The Arrow with a Heart Pierced Through Him".

Cast

Awards and nominations

2014 Cinema One Originals Film Festival

13th Gawad Tanglaw Awards

2014 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature

References

  1. ↑ Woman Under the Influence: Antoinette Jadaone
  2. ↑ 'That Thing Called Tadhana' gross now at P120M
  3. ↑ Angelica calls out fans on 'Tadhana' piracy
  4. ↑ That Thing Called Tadhana IMDB rating
  5. ↑ ‘That Thing Called Tadhana’ Strips Romance Down to the Core
  6. ↑ ‘That Thing Called Tadhana’ is Graded A by CEB
  7. ↑ ‘That Thing Called Tadhana’ is rated PG
  8. ↑ Six degrees of Antoinette Jadaone
  9. ↑ Alessandra De Rossi's character in Relaks is Angelica Panganiban's character in Tadhana
  10. ↑ Broken-hearted, can't move on? Let 'Tadhana' movie help you
  11. ↑ Be a part of ‘That Thing Called Tadhana’

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