Moonlight Over Baler

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| name = Moonlight Over Baler

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| director = Gil Portes

| producer = T-Rex Productions (Rex Tiri)

| writer = Eric Ramos

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| starring = Elizabeth Oropesa
Ellen Adarna
Vin Abrenica
Sophie Albert

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| studio = T-Rex Entertainment

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| released = {{Film date|2017|02|08}}

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| country = Philippines

| language = Filipino

| budget = P 45 million

| gross = P 1.5 million

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Moonlight Over Baler is a 2017 Filipino historic romantic film starring Elizabeth Oropesa, Ellen Adarna, Vin Abrenica and Sophie Albert.{{cite web|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/vin-abrenica-replaces-brother-movie-035600773.html|title=Vin Abrenica replaces brother in new movie|work=yahoo.com|accessdate=24 January 2017}} The film is directed by Gil Portes, written by Eric Ramos and is under the production of T-Rex Productions (Rex Tiri).{{Cite web |url=http://www.tribune.net.ph/life-style/moonlight-over-baler-to-open-in-love-month |title=The Daily Tribune News - 'Moonlight over Baler' to open in 'love month' |website=Daily Tribune |access-date=2017-01-10 |archive-date=2017-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108203512/http://www.tribune.net.ph/life-style/moonlight-over-baler-to-open-in-love-month |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/entertainment/%E2%80%98moonlight-over-baler%E2%80%99-bittersweet-tale-love|title='Moonlight Over Baler' A bittersweet tale of love - Malaya Business Insight|work=malaya.com.ph|accessdate=24 January 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2017/01/03/1659002/moonlight-over-baler-love-story-here-stay|title=Moonlight Over Baler: Love story is here to stay|work=philstar.com|accessdate=24 January 2017}}

The film is shot in the historic town of Baler, Aurora.{{cite web|url=http://www.showbiz-portal.com/2016/11/moonlight-over-baler-well-crafted-and.html|title='Moonlight Over Baler', A Well Crafted And Well Acted Old Fashioned Love Story From Direk Gil Portes, With Splendid Performance Of Beth Oropesa In The Lead Role|work=showbiz-portal.com|accessdate=24 January 2017}}

The film was entered for the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival but was not selected to be part of the festival's Magic 8.{{cite web|url=http://www.pep.ph/guide/movies/24951/unofficial-list-25-films-aiming-to-be-mmff-2016-entries|title=Films aiming to be MMFF 2016 entries|first=Mell|last=Navarro|date=1 November 2016|work=pep.ph|accessdate=24 January 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.mb.com.ph/2016/11/15/gil-portes-moonlight-over-baler-vies-for-slot-at-42nd-mmff|title=Gil Portes' 'Moonlight Over Baler' vies for slot at 42nd MMFF|work=mb.com.ph|accessdate=24 January 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://newsinfo.everlastingradio.net/index.php/2016/11/19/mmff-officials-deny-snubbing-big-franchise-films-in-mmff-2016-screening-process/|title=MMFF officials deny snubbing big franchise films in MMFF 2016 screening process - News Bureau|first=Edemar|last=Montefalcon|work=everlastingradio.net|accessdate=24 January 2017}}

Synopsis

Set in the 1980s, the film tells the story of Fidela (Elizabeth Oropesa), a 65-year-old retired teacher who develops a special bond with a young Japanese photojournalist Kenji (Vin Abrenica), who has an uncanny resemblance to her lost love named Nestor (also played by Vin Abrenica). Nestor, who was about to marry Fidela in the 1940s, went off to fight in the war (World War II) and was killed.

Decades later, Fidela met Kenji who was covering the EDSA revolution in 1986 in Baler. She reminisced about her past as Kenji woos a local beauty named Rory (played by Ellen Adarna). Fidela helped Kenji surpass the challenges given to him by Rory to prove his sincere feelings towards her.{{cite web|url=http://www.pep.ph/guide/movies/23730/vin-abrenica-starrer-emmoonlight-over-balerem-will-be-submitted-for-consideration-at-mmff-2016|title=Moonlight Over Baler, for consideration at MMFF 2016|first=Nikko|last=Tuazon|date=5 June 2016|work=pep.ph|accessdate=24 January 2017}}

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