LOVE AND PAIN IN BETWEEN REFRAINS

Title: Love and Pain in between Refrains

International title: Love and Pain in between Refrains

Year: 2021

Director: Joselito Altarejos

Writer: Joselito Altarejos

Executive Producer: Melissa Geling, Joselito Altarejos

Starring: Oliver Aquino, Elora Españo

Director of Photography: Joseph delos Reyes

Editor: Diego Marx Dobles, Joselito Altarejos

Sound Designer: Andrew Milallos

Music: Angeline de Leon

Production Designer: Annalena Durano, Jay Altarejos

LOGLINE:

Noel and Adelle were high school sweethearts who lost touch High school sweethearts rekindle their romance a decade later, but as their love story unfolds, a cycle of codependency and violence emerges, forcing an art teacher and her emotionally unstable musician partner to confront the dark truths about love, trauma, and survival.

"This movie was not meant to be comfortable to watch. Spousal abuse never is. There was really no way to tell such a painful story of cruelty in a way that could be easier to see. Altarejos makes an effort here to soften the blow somewhat, with more implied than actual violence. Watching those long moments of tense silence between Noel and Adelle actually felt like being given the silent treatment vicariously. "

- FRED HAWSON

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