| Love Child | |
| Director: | Jonathan Jurilla |
| Story: | Jonathan Jurilla |
| Cinematography: | Rommel Sales |
| Editing: | John Paul Ponce |
| Studio: | Regal Entertainment Southern Lantern Studios |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Country: | Philippines |
Love Child is a 2024 Philippine drama film starring RK Bagatsing, Jane Oineza, and John Tyrron Ramos which was directed by Jonathan Jurilla. It about a young couple who would learn that their son has autism.[1]
Love Child is a co-production of Regal Entertainment with Southern Lantern Studios.[2] It was directed and written by Jonathan Jurilla. This is Jurilla's directorial debut.[3] It was produced by Sonny Calvento and Arden Rod Condez, with Calvento as the screenwriter.[4]
The film was based on Jurilla's own experience on being a father of a son with autism spectrum disorder. It deviates from the usual trope of portraying autistic people as savant who discovers and untapped talent or a film which ends in a "happy ending" according to the director. It depicts the challenges of an autistic child and his family living in Filipino society.[5]
Principal photography for Love Child took place in Jurilla's home province of Negros Occidental particularly in Bacolod, Silay and Talisay.[3]
The parents in the film were depicted by romantic couple Jane Oineza and RK Bagatsing who have described their experience in acting in the film as a "free trial" to parenthood.[6]
Love Child is an entry for the 20th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival which ran from August 2 to 11, 2024 at the Ayala Malls Manila Bay.[7]