Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal to shoot "Mammoth" in Manila

Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal is coming to the Philippines to shoot part of his upcoming film Mammoth. A source tells PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal), "A famous Spanish film group is presently doing pre-production for a movie starring Gael Garcia Bernal scheduled to be shot partly in Manila in December."

Gael has been chosen to topbill Mammoth, the English-language debut of Swedish director Lukas Moodysson. This movie is a domestic drama involving a young couple, their child and their Filipino nanny, played by actress Marife Necisito—who was previously cast in the indie films Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino (1994) and Pandanggo (2006).

In Mammoth, Gael plays a successful New York-based IT (Information Technology) tycoon who decides to radically change his life while on a trip to Thailand with his wife and daughter.

The Mexican actor gained international acclaim for playing the Argentine-born doctor-turned-Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara in the 2004 film, The Motorcycle Diaries. Gael has also acted in the English-language films, Babel (2006) and The King (2005). Under the direction of Alfonso Cuarón for the movie Y tu mamá también (2001), he won the Marcello Mastroianni Award in the Venice International Film Festival. Gael also stars in his directorial debut Déficit, which is scheduled for release within the year.
The Swedish writer-director Lukas previously directed the teen-trafficking drama Lilya 4-ever and the lesbian film Show Me Love.

According to Variety.com, the $10 million production begins shooting in November in Thailand, New York, Sweden, and the Philippines.

simple things

Do you remember those simple things that used to make you smile. Those unnoticed things that makes you appreciate life more. How I miss those.
Sometimes kasi we tend to take things or even person for granted. We tend to be too comfortable na feeling natin yung mga dating bagay na ginagawa natin eh hindi na necessary. But why? What made you think na yung ginagawa mio before, na naa-appreciate ng tao eh hindi na nya maa-appreciate ngayon.
e.g. I like it when people text me, for no reason at all. Just to say hi, ask how are you doing, or even if they will only text you if they need something, ok na ko sa ganun. Bottom line is, naalala ka nila. Wala na ang mga constant text mates ko, mahal nang sumagot sa text si jayz tsaka si swit. Yung isa naman, kasama mo nga physically pero in space naman ang thoughts.
Another things, when I go home, I like it when my mom cooks my fave dish. Or sasamahan nya ako sa table while having late lunch. Pero lately hindi na nya nagagawa yun. We’ll still have our regular chismisan pero madalas while she’s in the kitchen and im eating sa table, alone.
Ang arte noh. i just feel like a lot has changed.

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Its been a while since I fought with my dad. Not that I fight with him a lot, gosh you have no idea how scared I am of my dad. I don’t know if were fighting or we’re not just speaking, but I think it’s the same, bottom line is, were not communicating, well he’s not. I’ve tried calling and texted him a couple of times already but he’s not replying.
So when did it this “not speaking” thing started? My birthday. He called me to greet me. I was teasing him, like I always do, then all of a sudden he snapped. To the point that he’s yelling at me over the phone. Telling me stuff about how much he’s been spending for the house, for my sister, and how I’m not capable of helping in those expenses. I was stunned coz I don’t exactly know how it all started. I cried. And when he realized that im not answering anymore he hung up one me. He called again after 5 minutes, this time even angrier, “bat mo ko binabaan ng phone?” huh?! Eh he’s the one who hung up on me. Di na lang ako nagsalita, but it made things worse. He hung up again and called my mom. Wala na daw ako respeto sa kanya porke kumikita na daw ako. Eh san naman galling yun diba. I really cant understand. I spoke with my mom over the weekend and she told me to just say sorry and call my dad. Ang labo naman!porke ba ako ang anak ako kailangan mag-sorry, eh wala naman akong kasalanan. Anyway, I still said sorry and ive been texting my dad everyday since last week but he hasn’t replied nor called. di ko na alam what's my next step. bahala na sya