''Isa Pa with Feelings'' () is a 2019 Filipino romantic

comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

film directed by Prime Cruz from a story and screenplay written by Jen Chuaunsu and Katherine S. Labatyen. It stars

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and

Carlo Aquino Carlo Jose Liwanag Aquino (born September 3, 1985) is a Filipino actor and musician known for being the lead singer of the band Kollide and formerly of JCS with John Prats and Stefano Mori. Aquino achieved critical recognition for his perform ...

, with the supporting casts including Lotlot de Leon,

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, and

Nikki Valdez Ma. Alinica "Nikki" Valdez-Garcia (born January 25, 1979) is a Filipino people, Filipino actress and singer. Career In the Philippine music scene she was known for a ballad titled "Meron Ba?", composed for the soundtrack of ''G-Mik the Movie' ...

. Produced by

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, in association with

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, the film was theatrically released by

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on October 16, 2019. As of April 20, 2021, it is available on Netflix.

Plot

An architect student, Mara, takes a break from studying by dancing on her balcony where her next-door neighbor happens to see her. She turns around mid-dancing to find him smiling and she retreats inside feeling embarrassed. After her exams, she visits her family in the countryside where a billboard of her face congratulating her on passing the exam is in front of the house for all to see. She enters the house to argue about it but when her dad justifies it as a sure thing because she is making his dreams come true, she leaves him be. As more families show up, she turns her attention to Hailey, her deaf niece. She tells both her and her mom that she has signed up for a sign language class to communicate with Hailey much to the family's delight. When Mara enters the architecture firm where she's been interning, her co-interns ignore her greetings and turn away. She finds out that she failed her board exams. She shows up to sign language class and her teacher turns out to be her next-door neighbor, Gali. They formally introduce themselves and proceed to learn basic sign language phrases. When she flatly signs the phrase "I'm sorry", Gali presses her to do the sign again "with feelings" because facial expressions are key to communicating in sign language. They become friends and slowly fall in love. Eventually, they realize how their deaf and hearing worlds could drive each other apart.

Cast

as Mara Navarro *

as Gali Pastrano *

as Bert Navarro * Lotlot de Leon as Angie Navarro *

as Stella Navarro *Kat Galang as Ira *

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as Lita *Geleen Eugenio as Teacher Laura *

Arci Muñoz Ramona Cecilia "Arci" Datuin Muñoz (born January 12, 1989) is a Filipino actress, singer, beauty queen and Air Force reservist. She is the vocalist of the Filipino rock band Philia and currently serving in the Philippine Air Force as a Sergea ...

as Annica *Rafa Siguion-Reyna as Vincent *Artemis Phoebe Vizmanos as Hailey

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 10555482, Isa Pa with Feelings
Cinematic Trailer
2019 films Filipino-language films Philippine romantic comedy films Philippine Sign-language films Films about deaf people Black Sheep Productions films APT Entertainment films