![]() NOT A LOVE STORY. Sid (Dingdong Dantes) looks up to see Aya (Anne Curtis) gazing at him. All screenshots from YouTube/Viva Ent It isn’t the first time for Anne Curtis to play a woman on one end of a romantic relationship that is mired by a stark difference in class and income. In Mae Cruz’s Babe, I Love You (2010), Curtis plays a promo girl who falls for Sam Milby’s moneyed professor. The film strictly follows the formula and plays more like a fairy tale where its would-be lovers, who are written to be destined to be with each other despite all odds, would end their erstwhile heart-related woes with sticky looks that culminate in an even stickier kiss. The film commits to its escapist intentions and inevitably ends being just one of the many feel-good love stories that come and go every few weeks. Vastly different Irene Villamor’s Sid & Aya (Not a Love Story) is different. Curtis now plays Aya, a waitress who, not unlike her character in Babe, I Love You, is quick to find creative means to augment her meager income. One time, she wagers some money on her educated guess that the profession of one particular customer is a businessman. Sid, the customer who is the subject of her bet and is played by Dingdong Dantes, turns out to be somewhat of a businessman since he is actually a stock broker. ![]() Sid And Aya LinesHe wins for Aya a bit of cash and a chance to earn more when he offers to pay for her company for a few hours. INSOMNIAC ISSUE. Sid has issues with insomnia, a key issue in the movie. Both the title and Sid insist that their story isn’t a love story, even if it is as clear as day that the core of the feature is whatever kind of love that develops between Sid and Aya. (READ: ) It’s actually very clever. By diverting the attention from the obvious romance, the film then puts a spotlight on the imperative details that are paramount to the conclusion of Sid and Aya’s love story. The film then morphs from being a typical romance that flirts around with the melancholic consequences of loving against all odds into an astoundingly accessible examination of the class and income disparities that disconnect us. ![]() Watch Sid And AyaSid & Aya is shaped like all the fairy tales of damsels saved from economic distress by wealthy knights in shiny suits and uniforms – except that its ambition to bend the rules and direct the romance to a more sober conclusion leads to the realization that there are very real divisions that even love can't bridge.
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