The Comeback (2015 film) explained

The Comeback is a 2015 Filipino independent comedy film. It was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, and Best Director in the 2015 Cinema One Originals Film Festival, but failed to win any awards.^[1]

Plot

The story follows a 32-year-old formerly famous actress who loses everything in her life and decides to commit suicide. On the day she decides to kill herself, she receives a package containing four letters and a dead man's ashes.

Cast

• Kaye Abad as Angela
• Sheena Ramos as Beng
• Valeen Montenegro as Aurora
• Matt Evans
• Patrick Garcia
• Maria Isabel Lopez

Reception

Writing in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, entertainment editor Rito P. Asilo remarked on the "riotous ludicrousness" of this "wacky comedy" that "fail[s] to say anything significant",^[2] while an ABS-CBN reviewer focused on the quality of the lead's acting, saying that "Kaye Abad shines in her role as Angela Velasco".^[3]

External links

• • http://www.philippineedition.com/2015/11/movie-kaye-abads-comeback-2015-cinema.html
• http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2015/11/06/1519024/list-cinema-one-originals-2015-competing-films

Notes and References

1. Web site: FULL LIST: Winners, Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2015. November 15, 2015 .
2. Rito P. Asilo, Cinema One fest yields pleasant surprises, frivolous duds, Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 27, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016
3. Rhea Manila Santos, Kaye Abad shines playing a 'laos' star in indie film The Comeback, abs-cbn.com, November 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.