Ray An Dulay Jess Mendoza Micah Munoz Tara Cabaero Ana Abad Santos
Cinematography
Rain Yamson II
Edited by
Bebs Gohetia
Music by
Christian Banawa Herrick Ortiz
Distributed by
Imaginative Media Production
Release date
February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17)
Running time
96 minutes
Country
Philippines
Language
Filipino
Ben & Sam[1] is a 2010 Filipino indie film, directed by Mark Shandii Bacolod[2] and starring Ray An Dulay, Jess Mendoza, Micah Muñoz, Ana Abad Santos and Tara Cabaero. The film is about two campus kings who are in love.[3] The film, which premiered at the 2010 Queer Love Film Festival on February 17, 2010,[4] was written by Archie Del Mundo.[5]
Ben is haunted by painful memories of his abusive father, and is suffering even more at present due to his increasingly eccentric mother. He is eventually toughened by this condition. Sam, meanwhile, is still grieving the murder of his activist boyfriend. Both boys turn to recreational activities to forget their painful precedents; Ben becomes involved in basketball, while Sam takes up dancing.
Although Ben is surrounded by friends, he is unhappy, until a deep emotional connection and mutual admiration brings Ben and Sam together. Although Ben is confused, Sam is persistent and sincere, and their liaison eventually blossoms into something deeper.[6]
