For someone who passed on the mashed potato to skip carbs, he sure loves his apple pie! OK, now that I got that out of the way, this film took me on a roller coaster ride of plot twists and character reveals, much more than that old red Volks can handle. I loved Jun Lana’s DIE BEAUTIFUL, and this one, despite its COVID lockdown budget, entertained me as well. Based on his interview, Lana admits that this is partly autobiographical as Lana is the youngest member of the Palanca Hall of Fame for winning 11 Palance Awards for Literature, the most prestigious literary body in the Philippines. So, this is definitely going to be a hit as a theatre play, and mostly it is, a two-hander that could probably be cliched and boring, possibly a gay romance between the professor and his student, but then it did get very dark, and though unbelievable at times, I was hooked. The dialogue had that truth is stranger than fiction feel to it as it can be based on Lana’s life experiences. Won the Talin award and is quite deserving. He wrote this in three weeks during a bout of depression during the lockdown. Can’t wait for his future work.