‘Siargao’ highlights love and environmental awareness

The Surfing Capital of the Philippines finally takes front and center in a full-length movie as noted director-producer Paul Soriano’s first Metro Manila Film Festival entry. Simply titled “Siargao,” it stars Asia’s Drama Prince Jericho Rosales, and popular actresses Erich Gonzales and Jasmine Curtis-Smith.

Considered a complete diversion from Soriano’s preference for biographies “Kid Kulafu (2015), “Thelma” 2011 and serious topics “Dukot” (2016), “A Journey Home” (2009), Siargao further sees the director in his first light romantic-drama and travel-themed work. The movie follows the story of a woman who tries to find, reinvent and rebuild herself in the beautiful island.