Rekados (Special Ingredients) Now Cooking
in CSB, UP, ATENEO and LETRAN

Rekados has recently been accepted as an Official
Entry at the 9th Osian’s Cinefan International Film
Festival where it’s in competition for the Network for
the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award.

Help send Rekados to New Delhi, India by watching the
interschool fundraising screenings:
July 11/13 (1pm) – De La Salle – College of St.
Benilde
July 17 (5&7pm) – UP Diliman, Film Center
July 18 (5pm) – Ateneo De Manila, Escaler Hall
July 19 – Letran

* Tickets are sold at the venue.

REKADOS (Special Ingredients)
Is there a recipe to love?

In the Rekados eatery, three women put secret
ingredients in their dishes to get the men they
desire.
When boyfriend-hungry Laura (Eula Valdes) elopes
with her nth lover, her misguided teenage daughter
Pinay (Meryll Soriano) is left with nothing except her
withdrawn grandmother Josefina (Boots Anson-Roa) and
their bankrupt eatery. To keep what’s left of the
family alive, Josefina cooks leftovers with stir-fried
noodles for Pinay to sell on the street. There Pinay
meets James (Mario Magallona), a seller of prayers,
who falls in love with her even without eating a dish
with a special ingredient.
In a life that lacks flavor, the one true
ingredient for one girl’s search for happiness is
love.

MAIN CAST: Meryll Soriano, Boots Anson-Roa, Eula
Valdes, Mario Magallona and Ana Capri

Writer & Director Paolo Herras
Director of Photography Mark Gary & Ivan Sarenas
Editor Dempster Samarista
Location & Production Manager Wenglin Serrano
Production Design Fritz Silorio & Mona Soriano
Sound Allan Hilado & Dempster Samarista
Line Producers Wenglin Serrano & Zoilo
Barrel
Executive Producer Ronald Arguelles
Production Company Alessandro Productions
Producer Creative Programs, Inc.

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

Sometimes a woman's only dowry in life are the recipes
she inherits from her mother and the women of her
family. These recipes can be her means, her voice, and
ultimately her key in a kitchen that can either
empower her or imprison her.


BIOGRAPHY OF THE DIRECTOR

Paolo Herras, 26, is currently taking his masters in
Philippine Studies, Major in Film at the University of
the Philippines. A graduate of BA Comparative
Literature, Paolo participated in prestigious national
writing workshops such as the 33rd U.P. National
Writer’s Workshop and the 11th Ricky Lee Scriptwriting
Workshop for film and television. Paolo’s first
full-length script, P1.00/MIN (One Peso Per Minute)
won the 3rd Prize of Star Cinema’s 1st Scriptwriting
Contest.
He has written and directed two films: “Lambanog”
(Coconut Wine); and “Rekados” (Special Ingredients),
an official entry to the 2nd Annual Cinema One
Originals.

FESTIVAL PARTICIPATION

- Philippines – 2nd Annual Cinema One Originals: 9
Nominations (Best Picture, Best Director, Best
Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best
Sound, 2 Best Actress, Audience Choice), 1 Award (Best
Actor, Mario Magallona).
- International – 9th Osian Cinefan International Film
Festival, India




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