Dodo Dayao’s second feature film ‘Midnight in a Perfect World’ is every bit seamless, sexy, and nightmarish a horror film should be, you’d need to watch this with a friend.
Coming from its QCinema success, Dodo Dayao’s second film Midnight in a Perfect World streams for commercial viewing on Upstream.ph from January 29 to February 29, 2021. The film stars Glaiza de Castro, Anthony Falcon, Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Dino Pastrano, and Bing Pimentel.
True to its vision of being the home of films that “come from authentic voices and are crafted by true creators,” Globe Studios’ latest offering “Midnight In A Perfect World” features a strong cast, a compelling tale, and topnotch production. The horror film was chosen as one of 2020’s best films by CNN Philippines, Rappler, Cinemaescapist.com, as well as our very own Society of Filipino Film Reviewers pick for one of the best films of 2020 with over 9 nominations.
Produced by Globe Studios and Epicmedia Productions — the same team that produced “FanGirl” which topped the box-office and won eight major awards at the most recent MMFF. The film is set in a futuristic Metro Manila, the story delves into the mysterious disappearances that happen during nightly blackouts. Jasmine, Glaiza, Anthony, and Dino play a group of friends namely Mimi, Jinka, Glenn, and Tonichi who are skeptical about the events, but suddenly get caught in a blackout and must now find a safe house in order to survive.
Written and directed by Dodo Dayao, he revealed in a media presscon held virtually earlier this evening (as of writing) that the concept came to him first as a dream. “A lot of people were complaining that my first film, Violator, was too dark. So I made a film about darkness.” He was commissioned to write a short film years back about living in the present-time in the Philippines, post-Martial Law. But the project was held back and so he used this material as a basis for Midnight. A lot of people were complaining that my first film, Violator, was too dark. So I made a film about darkness.
“A lot of people were complaining that my first film, Violator, was too dark. So I made a film about darkness.”
Dodo Dayao, on writing Midnight in a Perfect World (2020)
In preparing for their roles, the actors revealed, like Ms. Bing Pimentel, that not much has been divulged to her initially about her role as Alma. As for Glaiza de Castro, she describes her role Jinka as an Enigma. Jasmine Curtis-Smith on the otherhand describes her role Mimi as the sensible one, wherein she often would share the screen with Soliman Cruz.
“It may be a martial allegory but it is also a haunted house story,” declares Dodo. “The house, our house is still haunted. The ghosts are all very much here,” he warns. One of the film’s anticipated sequences shot mostly in the dark through his collaboration with Albert Banzon and Gym Lumbera, who worked with him also on Violator.
Hailed as one of the top-grossing film of last year’s QCinema International Film Festival, watch it as it makes its official stream worldwide (with English subtitles) through Upstream.ph from January 29 to February 28, 2021.
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Watch the trailer here and catch our review soon!
