“Today is a good day……” – quote from Write Here

All films, be they series or movies, represent a form of escapism and to some degree gift us a form or version of reality different from our own. Sometimes that reality takes its shape as a fantasy, thriller, lust, escape, or occasionally a glimpse of what may come to be. This short film is a beautiful exposé of what life was, is, and how it must be faced, all in the span of 15 minutes.

Life is that coin you found on the street. One side is bright, shiny, full of beauty and definition until you turn it over and find its other side is worn down, lost its sheen, its distinctiveness faded, and its beauty gone. And for those of you too young to understand this metaphor, you will. Life turns over faster than you fathom or want to even imagine.

This is a simple story, really. We are looking into the world of an old man soon to be lost, truly alone except for his memories, which are nimbly fading. Much pain comes in spurts and waves from those memories. If you are human, you will weep along with him. Yes, all of it is melancholic, pensive, and introspective. Yet, despite the pain, he is trying to hold on for as long as he can; that is the power of love.

This is a soft, gentle wistful story of an aging old man losing his memory, drifting each day further and further from remembering. Remembering who was most precious to him; that is the most profound loss imaginable. Eddie (Bodgie Pascua) not only has Alzheimer’s but is forlorn. He must write down every day so he can remember. Yet, in a twisted ironic sense, when he does not, he functions. When he does, which is his goal, it creates pain. But a pain that is worth enduring as it reawakens the ghost of remembrance. That remembrance is his love for his partner Bernie (Rolando Inocencio). He wants to embrace his warmth, feel his touch, enjoy his hugs, and listen for his ‘Mahal Kita’. But Bernie is gone. Why did he go before him?

Although the story is bittersweet, Eddie would always want you to see life for its allure, curiosity, and pleasures.

Start your own journal of life always with the words: ‘Write here’. So, by the end of the day, you can end it with, ‘Today is a good day’. Fill it with all the enchantment, wonder, seductiveness, mundane, madness, and bleakness that makes up you. Because in the end, that may be all you have. Hold onto those memories. They are and will always be irreplaceable.

Rating- 5 out of 5

Streaming on- Dear Straight People YouTube Channel