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Much more to offer than steamy scenes and lewd encounters between the characters
What would you do if you only had 7 days to live on earth? Are you going to close all your doors, dig a hole and pretend you're a carrot, or go out and live your life, do things you've never done before?
These questions have to be answered by the eight main characters of 'Love at the End of the World', the Filipino LGBT+ themed erotic thriller series from Temporary Insanity Pictures and MSB Entertainment Production.
Directed by filmmaker Mark Shandii Bacolod, the audiovisual explores the lives of four couples as they navigate through love, pain, loneliness, sadness, forgiveness, redemption, hope and sea monsters.
After NASA reports confirm that an asteroid will hit Earth in seven days, causing a global catastrophe, priorities quickly change and panic ensues.
If each couple's stories are tragic enough, will love be the driving force behind the lasting moments of Earth's existence?
The series is quite strange, which does not lack provocative and highly erotic scenes. And this is precisely what is interesting about it. Each story is put together, while individually presenting the characters that tell a story about their personalities, their past, what they are doing at that moment. They're all different guys, they have different personalities, emotional baggage.
One of the stories, the first, stars Kristof García and Rex Lantano. Ben and Sam, the characters played by these actors, respectively, deepen a story whose relationship is based on the past, to address issues related to mental health, the intimacy of the couple, the refusal of a father to accept his homosexuality son, adult desires, fantasies and how it affects their realities.
The structure of the episode is incredibly well-crafted about life and hope in a love that gives, and how it has become possible to let the other appreciate the love that gives without discarding the man who loved in the past.
I like that the series began with this story, especially with one actor new to BL and the other with experience in the genre, with Garcia playing his first homosexual character, and who we will later see in the film 'Adonis X' and the series 'Kumusta Bro?' and 'Love Bites', all LGBT+ themed and from 2022. While Rex had already given life to Francis / Kiko / "Kiks" in 'Daddy Love' (2021), a love series between boys.
In an act of defiance of norms, in this first story the director will present characters who not only let themselves be drowned by fear, but who did so before the world ended.
The second story, starring Markki Stroem as Mark, and Khalid Ruiz as Kaloy, plays with the emotions of sanity, mental health, eternal love, age, the nature of relationships, the value of life, asteroids, death, the deserted city and the yard animals following the first passerby, as a sign of the imminent end of the world.
The story will make you think about how happiness should be measured when you reach a certain age (or have disabilities), while at the same time it will make us reflect on the possibilities of relationships and how far you can go to prove it to a person.
Markki, known for giving life to Andrew and Quinn in the first and ninth episodes, respectively, of 'Unlocked' (2020), by Adolfo Alix Jr.; and Elle in the film 'Slumber Party' (2013), and newcomer Khalid, more than delivered in their performances, and passionately star in their own set of scenes that either make you want more or make you squirm with the situation, something that It deserves to be seen and subscribed to.
The third story features Nico Locco and Gold Azeron as Tony and Ian, respectively, to explore themes related to mental health, the many ways to die, profanity, comedy, family, commitment, using people, money, depression, hope and unexpected endings.
Nico in his first role as a homosexual person, and Azeron, known for playing Ivan in episode 5 of 'Unlocked', and for playing Adam, the intersex character who was born with two genitals in the film Metamorfosis (2019), by J. E. Tiglao, they give us a story that, in my opinion, is my favorite of the four stories, for being the most romantic, showing how love can make one vulnerable and make it difficult to decide if you want to share it with him other.
I also like Nico's underwater scenes, not only because of the exposures, but because of how it was done artistically.
The fourth story introduces us to Elijah Filamor and Yam Mercado, both in their first homosexual character, although the latter had previously participated in the BL series 'Wheel of Love: Weekend to Remember', from 2021, in which he played Uno dela Cruz, and the first is remembered for giving life to Elijah in the films 'Alpha: The Right to Kill' (2019), by Brillante Mendoza, and Mom's boytoy in 'Double Twisting Double Back' (2018), by Joseph Abello.
Knowing each other from having worked on the film 'Best Partee Ever', it was much easier for Mercado as Cris, and Filamor as Renzo, to show a dynamic that ranges from cheesy romantic small talk to devastating foreplay full of hormones (and more) and high intensity fights.
The episode talks about confusion, worrying about others, fights and reconciliation, hurting and apologizing, tone down, crying, and its healing effects on people.
With a strong autobiographical character, the digital series 'Love at the End of the World' shows a part of Mark Shandii Bacolod as a person who loved, was hurt and decided to believe that another love will come his way.
As the Filipino director acknowledged to Manila Standard Entertainment in an exclusive interview: "The series is my love letter to the prudish public because I wanted to talk openly about sex. Let's admit it, everyone has a raging lust (…). The way we how we behave in public makes a difference.
The main idea that the series leaves me with is that even in the darkest moment in which one may be experiencing pain and suffering, there is hope, there is love.
I wouldn't define 'Love at the End of the World' just as a series, but more as a collection of quality short films that talk about love and all your inner desires in one boat.
Beyond the steamy scenes and lewd encounters between the characters, the series has more to offer.
These questions have to be answered by the eight main characters of 'Love at the End of the World', the Filipino LGBT+ themed erotic thriller series from Temporary Insanity Pictures and MSB Entertainment Production.
Directed by filmmaker Mark Shandii Bacolod, the audiovisual explores the lives of four couples as they navigate through love, pain, loneliness, sadness, forgiveness, redemption, hope and sea monsters.
After NASA reports confirm that an asteroid will hit Earth in seven days, causing a global catastrophe, priorities quickly change and panic ensues.
If each couple's stories are tragic enough, will love be the driving force behind the lasting moments of Earth's existence?
The series is quite strange, which does not lack provocative and highly erotic scenes. And this is precisely what is interesting about it. Each story is put together, while individually presenting the characters that tell a story about their personalities, their past, what they are doing at that moment. They're all different guys, they have different personalities, emotional baggage.
One of the stories, the first, stars Kristof García and Rex Lantano. Ben and Sam, the characters played by these actors, respectively, deepen a story whose relationship is based on the past, to address issues related to mental health, the intimacy of the couple, the refusal of a father to accept his homosexuality son, adult desires, fantasies and how it affects their realities.
The structure of the episode is incredibly well-crafted about life and hope in a love that gives, and how it has become possible to let the other appreciate the love that gives without discarding the man who loved in the past.
I like that the series began with this story, especially with one actor new to BL and the other with experience in the genre, with Garcia playing his first homosexual character, and who we will later see in the film 'Adonis X' and the series 'Kumusta Bro?' and 'Love Bites', all LGBT+ themed and from 2022. While Rex had already given life to Francis / Kiko / "Kiks" in 'Daddy Love' (2021), a love series between boys.
In an act of defiance of norms, in this first story the director will present characters who not only let themselves be drowned by fear, but who did so before the world ended.
The second story, starring Markki Stroem as Mark, and Khalid Ruiz as Kaloy, plays with the emotions of sanity, mental health, eternal love, age, the nature of relationships, the value of life, asteroids, death, the deserted city and the yard animals following the first passerby, as a sign of the imminent end of the world.
The story will make you think about how happiness should be measured when you reach a certain age (or have disabilities), while at the same time it will make us reflect on the possibilities of relationships and how far you can go to prove it to a person.
Markki, known for giving life to Andrew and Quinn in the first and ninth episodes, respectively, of 'Unlocked' (2020), by Adolfo Alix Jr.; and Elle in the film 'Slumber Party' (2013), and newcomer Khalid, more than delivered in their performances, and passionately star in their own set of scenes that either make you want more or make you squirm with the situation, something that It deserves to be seen and subscribed to.
The third story features Nico Locco and Gold Azeron as Tony and Ian, respectively, to explore themes related to mental health, the many ways to die, profanity, comedy, family, commitment, using people, money, depression, hope and unexpected endings.
Nico in his first role as a homosexual person, and Azeron, known for playing Ivan in episode 5 of 'Unlocked', and for playing Adam, the intersex character who was born with two genitals in the film Metamorfosis (2019), by J. E. Tiglao, they give us a story that, in my opinion, is my favorite of the four stories, for being the most romantic, showing how love can make one vulnerable and make it difficult to decide if you want to share it with him other.
I also like Nico's underwater scenes, not only because of the exposures, but because of how it was done artistically.
The fourth story introduces us to Elijah Filamor and Yam Mercado, both in their first homosexual character, although the latter had previously participated in the BL series 'Wheel of Love: Weekend to Remember', from 2021, in which he played Uno dela Cruz, and the first is remembered for giving life to Elijah in the films 'Alpha: The Right to Kill' (2019), by Brillante Mendoza, and Mom's boytoy in 'Double Twisting Double Back' (2018), by Joseph Abello.
Knowing each other from having worked on the film 'Best Partee Ever', it was much easier for Mercado as Cris, and Filamor as Renzo, to show a dynamic that ranges from cheesy romantic small talk to devastating foreplay full of hormones (and more) and high intensity fights.
The episode talks about confusion, worrying about others, fights and reconciliation, hurting and apologizing, tone down, crying, and its healing effects on people.
With a strong autobiographical character, the digital series 'Love at the End of the World' shows a part of Mark Shandii Bacolod as a person who loved, was hurt and decided to believe that another love will come his way.
As the Filipino director acknowledged to Manila Standard Entertainment in an exclusive interview: "The series is my love letter to the prudish public because I wanted to talk openly about sex. Let's admit it, everyone has a raging lust (…). The way we how we behave in public makes a difference.
The main idea that the series leaves me with is that even in the darkest moment in which one may be experiencing pain and suffering, there is hope, there is love.
I wouldn't define 'Love at the End of the World' just as a series, but more as a collection of quality short films that talk about love and all your inner desires in one boat.
Beyond the steamy scenes and lewd encounters between the characters, the series has more to offer.
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