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Until Then review - friendships, fears, and Filipinos
Until Then manages to weave a moving coming-of-age story, all while putting Filipino culture front and centre.
Watch on YouTube Alongside his loyal classmates and friends, Cathy, Ridel, and Louise, Mark yearns for a spark, something to inspire him to continue with the humdrum rhythm of his daily routine. As someone who's lived in the Philippines his entire life, I couldn't help but smile whenever I saw nods to Filipino culture and traditions, such as Mark receiving remittances from his OFW father, parodies of business names like Timedome (Timezone) and Angryme (Jollibee), paying the jeepney fare and haggling with a tricycle driver, a surprisingly uncrowded MRT/LRT station, painted chicks (yes, we have those), and even dining rooms with adobo, menudo, pork sisig, lechon, lots of rice, and giant wooden utensils hanging on the walls. There's a meme of "Sarah, Ang Munting Prinsesa'' on an in-game social network, and a character talks about a convoluted plot twist involving a certain "Cardo," an immortal policeman from a TV series.
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