Dubai (2005 film)

Dubai is a 2005 box office Filipino drama film shot in the United Arab Emirates, telling the story of three Overseas Filipino Workers who unexpectedly become connected by friendship and love. The film stars Aga Muhlach and John Lloyd Cruz, who play brothers, and Claudine Barretto, who plays the woman with whom the two men fall in love at the same time. The film was released by Star Cinema.

Dubai
Dubai DVD Cover
Directed byRory B. Quintos
Produced by
Screenplay by
  • Ricardo Lee
  • Shaira Mella Salvador
  • John Paul Abellera
Story byRicardo Lee
Starring
Music byJessie Lasaten
CinematographyCharlie Peralta
Edited byMarya Ignacio
Production
company
Release date
  • 28 September 2005 (2005-09-28)
CountryPhilippines
Language
Box office₱115,200,000.00 (US$9,359,539.20)

Plot summary

Raffy and Andrew were orphaned as kids and had only each other to depend on. Raffy has spent the last nine years of his life working in Dubai. His ultimate goal is to fulfill a lifelong dream: to eventually move to Canada with his younger brother, Andrew. The Alvarez brothers are finally united when Andrew goes to Dubai.

In Dubai, Andrew meets Faye, one of Raffy's many girlfriends. They hit it off well in spite of their age difference. She becomes his guide, comfort and lover. Seeing the two together, Raffy realizes that he still and really loves Faye. When Andrew discovers that Raffy still loves Faye, conflict arises between the brothers, almost severing the ties that bind them. In the end, what they choose and achieve are not as planned, but their experiences in Dubai lead to new beginnings in their lives.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Supporting cast

Production

Pre-production

In February 2004, Scriptwriter Ricky Lee, along with co-writer Shaira Mella Salvador, director Rory Quintos and producer Tess Fuentes, flew to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to conduct research for the film and interview various Overseas Filipino Workers in the emirate. The interviews would serve as a composite for the film.[1]

Development

Two months after the production teams visit to Dubai, Director Quintos along with the three main cast and a skeleton crew composed of 13 people went to Dubai to shoot the movie. Among the shooting locations were the Dubai International Airport, Burj Al-Arab, Dubai Creek, and Sheikh Zayed Road. Scenes were also shot in a shopping mall, a souq and in the desert.[1]

Scriptwriter Lee remarks about the reason about making the film tens years later, in 2015: “While I don’t remember much about making Dubai, I do remember that what we wanted to show was that no matter where a Filipino is, wherever he is in the world, he will remain a Filipino,” Lee says. “That being a Filipino is not about where you are, it’s something ingrained in the heart.”[1]

Release

The film premiered in Philippine cinemas on 28 September 2005. On October 2005, the film was screened in the United Arab Emirates for three days at the Al Nasr Cinema in Dubai.[1]

Soundtrack
gollark: You *can* turn off the biters in Factorio if you want.
gollark: It's not as if we have enough of an understanding of human minds and consciousness and whatever that "sophont" and "free will" and all that are well-defined.
gollark: There was that thing where some scientists put... flies, I think it was, in some environment where they couldn't have much of a population. They did not evolve to have fewer young or something. They evolved to cannibalize each other's young.
gollark: Evolution doesn't really select for the good of the species either, just the propagation of your genes.
gollark: Congratulations!

See also

References
  1. Gabrillo, James (29 September 2015). "First Philippine film shot in the UAE turns 10". The National. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
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