{"id":250215,"date":"2023-08-04T14:59:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T06:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wonderful-indigo-elk.62-72-47-242.cpanel.site\/carlo-and-charlie-grapple-with-love-survival-in-third-world-romance\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T14:59:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T06:59:29","slug":"carlo-and-charlie-grapple-with-love-survival-in-third-world-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/carlo-and-charlie-grapple-with-love-survival-in-third-world-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlo And Charlie Grapple With Love, Survival In \u201cThird World Romance\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlo Aquino and Charlie Dizon star as blue-collared workers determined to find bliss in \u201cThird World Romance,\u201d showing in cinemas nationwide beginning August 16 (Wednesday).<\/p>\n

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Britney (Charlie), an outspoken grocery cashier, and Alvin (Carlo), a laid-back grocery bagger, strive to be content and happy together despite the harsh realities of life.<\/p>\n

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But when Britney faces a tough choice between family and her own happiness, she realizes that nothing in life comes for free.<\/p>\n

Can Alvin and Britney\u2019s love thrive in a world where happiness continues to be a luxury?<\/p>\n

\u201cYung mensahe ng movie namin, mahirap man maging masaya pero hangga\u2019t may kasama ka na dadamay sa\u2019yo magiging magaan ang buhay,\u201d shared Charlie.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Carlo described his character as laid-back but knows when to fight for survival. He said, \u201cChill lang siya pero lumalaban pa rin sa buhay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThird World Romance\u201d is directed by Dwein Ruedas Baltazar, the movie director behind \u201cOda sa Wala\u201d and \u201cHello Stranger: The Movie.\u201d The project is a co-production of Black Sheep and Anima.<\/p>\n

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When asked how the \u2018hugot of raket\u2019 plays in the film, Direk Dwein stressed that it is at the core of the story. \u201cMahalaga kasi ang raket \u2018survival\u2019 siya. Nakasentro dun ang conflict ng istorya, kung paano sila mabubuhay araw-araw,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIfo-front natin ang pag-ibig habang dini-discuss ang social issues, trabaho, at iba pang bagay na kinakaharap ng ordinaryong mamamayan,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The film also stars Ana Abad Santos, Gardo Versoza, Arachie Adamos, Iyah Mina, Esnyr Ranollo, Xilhouette, Brian Black, Lady Morgana, and Junjun Quintana.<\/p>\n

Before its theatrical release, \u201cThird World Romance\u201d will be featured as Cinemalaya 2023\u2019s closing film.<\/p>\n

Witness the unfolding of Alvin and Britney\u2019s \u201cThird World Romance,\u201d showing in cinemas starting August 16 (Wednesday). For film updates, follow Black Sheep on Facebook @BlackSheepABSCBN, Instagram, Tiktok, and Twitter @black_sheepph, and YouTube @BlackSheepPH and Anima on their social media accounts @animastudiosph.<\/p>\n

For other updates, follow @abscbnpr on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok, or visit www.abs-cbn.com\/newsroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Get ready to fall in love with Carlo Aquino and Charlie Dizon as they chase happiness in the gritty yet beautiful world of “Third World Romance.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies"],"zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}