That Thing Called Tadhana

That Thing Called Tadhana (Ocial English: That

Thing Called Meant-To-Be[1] and Literal English: That
Thing Called Destiny) is a Filipino romantic comedy lm
starring Angelica Panganiban and JM de Guzman. Prior
to its commercial release in 2015, it was an entry to the
2014 Cinema One Originals Film Festival where it earned
top honors notably the Best Actress award for Panganiban. It is directed by critically acclaimed rookie director,
Antoinette Jadaone[2] who had worked with Panganiban
in the 2014 comedy ick, Beauty in a Bottle.

load limit with her baggage until a man came up, Anthony
(JM de Guzman)who comes to her aid and oered a space
in his luggage until they both had nally checked out and
went back to their home country. At the Philippine Airport, the two decided not to take the next cab ride and
instead go somewhere. Both of them ended up singing in
a karaoke bar where they sang together the song Where do
Broken Hearts Go and after a few drinks, Mace told Anthony that she wanted to go to Baguio City. On their way,
Mace woke up surprised that she can't believe herself asking Anthony to go with him and in Baguio to begin with.
In the middle of the travel, they stopped over a terminal
station and Anthony asked Mace to go down the bus and
join him to eat some snacks. Anthony bought hotdogs and
sodas, where Mace assumingly squeezed ketchup on Anthonys food and apologized for doing it, because it was
something that her ex-boyfriend likes her to do. Anthony
mentioned several dierent things and Mace had always
something in it that reminds her of her ex. Mace remembered a friend whose deal was to pay another friend for
every time she mentions her ex. For which, both decided
to go for 100 pesos every time Mace mentions her Ex.
Then as they reached their destination, they went to an
Art Exhibit. While Anthony is staring at a painting, Mace
discovers that Anthony has the passion for Arts, specifically in painting. They went out to eat lunch and in the
conversation, Mace reveals that she also had a thing for
writing during her college years, which was titled The
Arrow with a Heart Pierced Through Him.

The lm met both commercial and critical success and is

penned as the highest grossing Filipino independent lm
of all time yet breaching 134 million gross revenue in
under 3 weeks, despite facing piracy issues online during
its run.[3][4] It has received an average rating of 8.8/10 in
IMDB[5] and a perfect ve stars in local lm review site
ClickTheCity.com.[6] Furthermore, it was graded A by
the Cinema Evaluation Board and given a Rated PG by
the MTRCB.[7][8]

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Overview
Background

Director, Antoinette Jadaone considers That Thing Called

Tadhana as her dream project and described it as more
than 10 years worth of love stories, heartaches, heartbreaks, bitterness and acceptance.[9] The lead protagonist, Mace was rst drafted during 2014 while Jadaone
was lming for Relaks, Its Just Pagibig, the character had 2 Cast
a cameo appearance in the said lm but was played by
Angelica Panganiban as Mace Castillo
Alessandra De Rossi as opposed to Panganiban.[10] During the post production of the lm, the crew experienced
JM de Guzman as Anthony Lagdameo
a test in their teamwork when the foreign publishers of
the song they want to use, Whitney Houston's Where Do
Joem Bascon as Marco
Broken Hearts Go?" charged them 220,000 for acquisition rights - but the 2 million budget they were awarded
by the lm festival had been used up. Eventually, the 3 Awards and nominations
crew asked their friends to contribute 500 each in exchange of being mentioned in the ending credits of the
3.1 2014 Cinema One Originals Film Feslm, showing the passion behind-the-scenes.[11][12]

tival
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Best Actress: Angelica Panganiban (won)

Plot

Audience Choice (won)

A woman, Mace Castillo (Angelica Panganiban) who was

desperately struggling in unloading her excess baggage in
an airport in Italy, crying over on how she can get an exact

Champion Bughaw Award for Full-length Feature

(won)
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Best Picture (nominated)

3.2

13th Gawad Tanglaw Awards

Best Actress: Angelica Panganiban (tied with Nora

Aunor) (won)

3.3

2014 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial

Awards for Literature

Best Screenplay: Antoinette Jadaone (3rd place)

3.4

38th Gawad Urian Awards

Best Actress: Angelica Panganiban (nominated)

Best Actor: JM De Guzman (nominated)
Best Screenplay: Antoinette Jadaone (nominated)
Best Cinematography: Sasha Palomares (nominated)

References

[1] That Thing Called Tadhana (2014): Release Info

[2] Woman Under the Inuence: Antoinette Jadaone
[3] 'Tadhana' is top grossing local indie lm of all time
[4] Angelica calls out fans on 'Tadhana' piracy
[5] That Thing Called Tadhana IMDB rating
[6] That Thing Called Tadhana Strips Romance Down to the
Core
[7] That Thing Called Tadhana is Graded A by CEB
[8] That Thing Called Tadhana is rated PG
[9] Six degrees of Antoinette Jadaone
[10] Alessandra De Rossis character in Relaks is Angelica
Panganibans character in Tadhana
[11] Broken-hearted, can't move on? Let 'Tadhana' movie help
you
[12] Be a part of That Thing Called Tadhana

External links
That Thing Called Tadhana at the Internet Movie
Database

EXTERNAL LINKS

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