The Comeback (2015 film)

The Comeback
The Comeback
	Film Poster
Directed by	Ivan Andrew Payawal
Starring	Kaye Abad; ; Valeen Montenegro; Matt Evans
Release date	November 9, 2015 (Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival);
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino

The Comeback is a 2015 Filipino independent comedy film. It was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, and Best Director in the 2015 Cinema One Originals Film Festival, but failed to win any awards.^[1]

Plot[]

The story follows a 32-year-old formerly famous actress who loses everything in her life and decides to commit suicide. On the day she decides to kill herself, she receives a package containing four letters and a dead man's ashes.

Cast[]

Kaye Abad as Angela
Sheena Ramos as Beng
Valeen Montenegro as Aurora
Matt Evans
Patrick Garcia
Maria Isabel Lopez

Reception[]

Writing in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, entertainment editor Rito P. Asilo remarked on the "riotous ludicrousness" of this "wacky comedy" that "fail[s] to say anything significant",^[2] while an ABS-CBN reviewer focused on the quality of the lead's acting, saying that "Kaye Abad shines in her role as Angela Velasco".^[3]

References[]

^ "FULL LIST: Winners, Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2015".
^ Rito P. Asilo, Cinema One fest yields pleasant surprises, frivolous duds, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 Nov. 2015. Accessed 12 Dec. 2016
^ Rhea Manila Santos, Kaye Abad shines playing a 'laos' star in indie film The Comeback, abs-cbn.com, 15 Nov. 2015. Accessed 12 Dec. 2016.

External links[]

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[1] "FULL LIST: Winners, Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2015".

[2] Rito P. Asilo, Cinema One fest yields pleasant surprises, frivolous duds, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 Nov. 2015. Accessed 12 Dec. 2016

[3] Rhea Manila Santos, Kaye Abad shines playing a 'laos' star in indie film The Comeback, abs-cbn.com, 15 Nov. 2015. Accessed 12 Dec. 2016.

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