Sana dati is a 2013 Filipino romantic drama film written and
directed by Jerrold Tarog. The film is all about a woman who stalls her big
wedding when a guy with camera shows up and reminds her of a love she once had.
It is the final installment to Tarog’s Camera trilogy that includes Confessional (2007) and The Blood Trail (2009). The film
competed under the Directors Showcase sidebar of Cinemalaya 2013. The film won Best Film and other technical awards
at the festival’s awards night.
Sana dati is one of the Filipino movies that give me lessons and
strikes my point of view in life. It teaches me to stand on my own decisions,
whether I like it or not I must face it. Like what Andrea Gonzaga (Lovi Poe)
did, she deals with her decision as she chose marrying Robert Naval (TJ
Trinidad). She chose to live happily with Robert and let everything her and ex fiancée,
Andrew Cesario (Benjamin Alves), go. However, letting go is not easy as it
looks like, because moving on requires a procedures with barriers. Before the
wedding start, a camera man showed up and he resembles Andrew a lot which give
a hard time to Andrea. Dennis Cesario (Paulo Avelino) is the younger brother and
who continued the legacy of Andrew. Andrea sees and feels Andrew on Dennis
which makes her remember her past with Andrew, seeing Dennis triggers Andrea to
delay her wedding. Despite of those barriers, at the end, Andrea still
fulfilled her decision; she got married with Robert and able to start moving
on.
In conclusion, Sana dati is a film that inspire us to
continue with our life because everyone can feel the agony it just so happened that
everything depends on how we handle it. Andrea chose to start fresh and new
life with Robert, and so as Dennis as he continue the legacy of his brother. They
all moved on but that doesn’t mean they will leave Andrew behind. Always remember,
moving on doesn’t mean forgetting the past, but rather accepting the present
and the reality.
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