Lovi Poe is back from Venice! She really made her presence felt by strutting her modeling skills at the Bench Universe Fashion Show! Among the celebrities who came at the show, it seems like Lovi Poe is the top favorite. More pictures will be added soon!
After the hit of her Primetime series Legacy, Lovi Poe is set to star for a new GMA Afternoon soap with the working title The Borrowed Wife.
She will be again paired with her leading man in Mistaken Identity,Rocco Nacino. There are no details yet on who will be joining them on the said show but the taping will start on the end of September and will air on October replacing Hindi Ka Na Mag-Iisa.
Teasers and publicity photos will soon be out so watch out!
Lovi straddles indie and mainstream scenes quite effortlessly. She could very well be one of the busiest actresses in Show Town with 1 released movie and 4 more new movies in the works.
Another dream-come-true for her was “Thy Womb,” which allowed her to collaborate with two screen mavericks: Director Brillante Mendoza and actress Nora Aunor.
Thy Womb (Tagalog: Sinapupunan) is an upcoming Filipino drama film starring Nora Aunor, Bembol Roco and Lovi Poe. It was Produced by Centerstage Productions and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), written by Henry Burgos and directed by 2009 Cannes Film Festival Best Director Brillante Mendoza.
The film has been selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival and has been invited also to Busan International Film Festival in October.
PLOT
Thy Womb examines the opposite fate of two women - the sterile Shaleha (Nora Aunor) and the fertile Mersila (Lovi Poe) - while reflecting on the opposite conditions of life in Tawi-Tawi - a place endowed with natural beauty and rich resources, but crushed by a socio-political crisis. Between heaven and hell, the setting and the suburbs of Thy Womb constantly remind us that there are still unresolved conflicts of the past.
The film focuses on Bangas-An (Bembol Roco) and his wife Shalena (Nora Aunor), a childless aging Muslim couple who eke out a hardscrabble existence on a remote island. They fish by day while Shalena painstakingly sews elaborate tapestries at night and when necessary, serves as the community’s midwife.
The couple must deal with the nearby guerillas who routinely rob unlucky travellers on the sea. Yet these hardships all seem minor in comparison to the difficulties they face in trying to adopt a child. All seems hopeless, until Shalena makes a startling suggestion: that Bangas-An should take a second wife capable of giving him a child.
Shot in a strict realist style, Thy Womb is on one level a record of this tiny, isolated community’s daily existence, attentively capturing the minutiae of their unique way of life. There’s a sense of timelessness to these moments, which makes the incursions on the community from the modern, outside world all the more powerful and disturbing.
CAST & CHARACTERS
Nora Aunor as Shaleha
Bembol Roco as Bangas-An
Lovi Poe as Mersila
Mercedes Cabral as Aisha
OFFICIAL MOVIE POSTER
Thy Womb is set for release in September 6, 2012. Check the movie preview:
Guni-Guni is a horror film produced by Regal Entertainment, Inc under the direction of Tara Illenberger. It is the first movie of Lovi Poe this year. After the success of her last horror flick Aswang comes another Filipino horror film that will surely be loved by Pinoy horror fans.
photo coutesy of majogoblog.com
BACKGROUND & DEVELOPMENT
The film was first announced by Regal Entertainment in March 30, 2012 along with 11 other films they are going to release this year. Originally, the lead role was offered to Jennylyn Mercado but she turned down the role due to her busy schedule. Roselle Monteverde, President of Regal Entertainment confirmed on May 23 that the role was already given to actress, Lovi Poe The new GMA 7's contract artist Benjamin Alves signed for the lead man role making the film his first lead role in a movie outfit. The film began shooting in May 28, 2012.
Guni-Guni lead stars: Lovi Poe and Benjamin Alves
THE PLOT
Thirty years ago, an unborn child was buried in the garden of what is now a boardinghouse in Cubao. It lies beneath the ground, unbeknownst to the tenants who live there. One of the tenants is Mylene (Lovi Poe) who appears like the perfect girl, nice, pretty and at the top of her Medicine class. But nobody knows about her past, not even the man who loves her most, Paolo (Benjamin Alvez). Paolo doesn't know anything about Mylene's family, her long, lost sibling or her estranged, nervous wreck of a mother. Nor does he know about the very long scar that runs across Mylene's body, nor of how incomplete she always feels. And he finds that the more he tries to win back her love, the more she retreats to her secret world that nobody could enter.
One day Mylene asked to perform an abortion for fee, she feels conflicted about doing what' is right and, at the same time, being in dire need of tuition fee. Her decision ultimately leads to a dark outcome and awakens a force that has laid quiet for years in the boardinghouse grounds. Thereafter, she becomes tormented by nightmares of a dark twin, whose presence gets stronger as days pass, as strange things start to happen in the house. When one by one, the boarders die of unexplainable causes, Joanna (Empress Shuck) the resident psychic and Mylene's best friend struggles to understand the impending danger that she senses and decides to get to the bottom of the mystery; and as it unravels, they find themselves confronted by an angry soul that seeks justice.
CAST AND CHARACTERS
Lovi Poe as Mylene, a medical student who has a dark secret despite of having an orderly and kind look
Benjamin Alves as Paolo, Mylene's boyfriend who cheated on her
Empress Schuck as Mylene's best friend Joanna, who has a third eye and can see dead people
James Blanco as Angelo, Tatay Nanding's estranged son
Julia Clarete as Vangie, Gerald's yaya
Neil Ryan Sese as Eddie, a salesman and a widower still coping with his wife’s mysterious death. He works as a medical representative, always on the road, taking work-related trips.
Gerald Pesigan as Jay-Jay, autistic son of Eddie.
Ria Garcia as Alicia, a pregnant boarder
Irma Adlawan as Mylene's mom
Gina Alajar as Mrs. Arevalo, an alcoholic woman waiting for her dead son who committed suicide.
Jaime Fabregas as Tatay Nanding, the gardener and caretaker of the boarding house
MARKETING PROMOTIONS
The promotional photo of Guni-Guni was first released on July 20 with Lovi Poe in a sepia shot carrying the title of the film. On July 25, the theatrical poster of the film was released online featuring Lovi Poe in a dual personality. The photos were taken in Pioneer Studio in Mandaluyong City.The official trailer was released in the official YouTube channel of Regal Films on July 29, 2012. The film had their premiere night on August 20, 2012 at the SM Megamall and the release date was August 22, 2012.
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