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LIGAW LIHAM

by Jay Abello
96 minutes | Drama

CAST
Karylle
Dingdong Dantes
John Michael Lee
George Macainan
Clarissa Deles

PRODUCTION

DIRECTOR Jay Abello
PRODUCER Bridget Josef
CO-PRODUCERS
Manny Montelibano
David Carlo Mendoza
Anne Monzon
Meg Arao
Checs Osmeña-Orbida
Jet Orbida
Jade Snow
WRITERS
Jade Snow
Checs Osmeña-Orbida
Jet Orbida
ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE Jay Abello
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Jun Jun Montelibano
CINEMATOGRAPHER Carlo Mendoza
ASSOCIATE CINEMATOGRAPHER Anne Monzon
SOUND DESIGNER Raffy Magsaysay
MUSIC SCORER
Wacky Acosta
Nani Naguit
EDITOR Katz Serraon
CREATIVE CONSULTANT Peque Gallaga
VISUAL CONSULTANT FOR COSTUMES RJ Lacson
CASTING Peque Gallaga

LOGLINE

Nor, a typical provincial lad, finds an opportunity to fall in love even at the expense of assuming the identity of someone else. This is a story on how deeply people get affected when one of society’s basic services stops working. Ligaw Liham takes inspiration from a true incident involving a provincial post office in Negros that simply stopped working at a pre-texting era when people tend to be completely dependent on the mailing system-letters were neither coming nor going, leaving an unaccounted number of corrupted lives. Sometime in the ’70s, in a small town in Negros, the post office simply stops its operations. No one knew about this except for the postman and his caretaker. When Nor finds out about this secret, he finds an opportunity to connect with his childhood crush Karen. The young man assumes the identity of another person by forging letters hidden in an old warehouse of the town. Nor takes over the pen of Karen’s husband who is working in Saigon. Soon after, a correspondence between Nor and Karen takes place. And Nor finds himself truly falling in love.

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