PHLea is a Filipina tour guide living in Sapporo, Japan who is engaged to Nobu, a young Japanese man. One night, after receiving a note to meet up at a beer house, she discovers her fiancé flirting with her own friend, a Filipino-Japanese woman. Before venting out her anger, she counts slowly from one to ten, and recalls all the happy memories she shared with Nobu with each count. As she walks out, a stress-induced blindness occurs and she collapses.
Lea struggles to adjust to a life with temporary blindness. Sometime later, Tonyo, Lea's next-door neighbor who is also a Filipino introduces himself to her and makes an effort to cook for her and cheer her up despite being rebuffed several times. Tonyo eventually gains Lea's acquaintance and persuades her to tour with him in and around the city. The two spend most of their time traveling around tourist spots in Sapporo, with Tonyo serving as Lea's eyes through all of their moments. The eventually fall in love and make a promise to re-visit all the places they went to as soon as Lea regains her eyesight. They later celebrate a pseudo-wedding where Tonyo gives Lea a Daruma doll—a Japanese doll which is believed to fulfill wishes of the person who fills out its eyes—and wishes her recovery from blindness.
When Lea became blind, she finally saw Tonyo’s real character. It taught me that eyes can simply see another person, and not really know the real them. Lea saw Tonyo using her heart, and fell in love with his personality, not just with his exterior characteristics.
In my opinion, the main lesson of this film is one that should really be tackled, especially in society today where we judge a person based on his or her looks, without getting to know the real them.
All in all, the film was beautifully made, and will guarantee to make you laugh and cry at the same time.
Lea struggles to adjust to a life with temporary blindness. Sometime later, Tonyo, Lea's next-door neighbor who is also a Filipino introduces himself to her and makes an effort to cook for her and cheer her up despite being rebuffed several times. Tonyo eventually gains Lea's acquaintance and persuades her to tour with him in and around the city. The two spend most of their time traveling around tourist spots in Sapporo, with Tonyo serving as Lea's eyes through all of their moments. The eventually fall in love and make a promise to re-visit all the places they went to as soon as Lea regains her eyesight. They later celebrate a pseudo-wedding where Tonyo gives Lea a Daruma doll—a Japanese doll which is believed to fulfill wishes of the person who fills out its eyes—and wishes her recovery from blindness.
When Lea became blind, she finally saw Tonyo’s real character. It taught me that eyes can simply see another person, and not really know the real them. Lea saw Tonyo using her heart, and fell in love with his personality, not just with his exterior characteristics.
In my opinion, the main lesson of this film is one that should really be tackled, especially in society today where we judge a person based on his or her looks, without getting to know the real them.
All in all, the film was beautifully made, and will guarantee to make you laugh and cry at the same time.
Box office: ₱320 million
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