MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Columbia Pictures invites Filipino audiences to step through doors of memory and imagination with the release of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, a romantic fantasy directed by acclaimed filmmaker Kogonada (Columbus, After Yang). The film opens in Philippine cinemas on September 17.
Starring Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie and Golden Globe winner Colin Farrell together on screen for the first time, the story follows two strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and are unexpectedly drawn into a transformative adventure that allows them to revisit pivotal moments in their pasts.
“Like many movie lovers, I’m hungry for new worlds, new characters, and a new way of thinking about the human experience,” director Kogonada notes, describing his inspiration.
Doors play an important role in the film, as they bring the characters back to key moments in their pasts. “I love the theatre of doors. When I see a door on a theatrical stage, it always sparks the imagination. That door has the potential to lead us anywhere – into the mundane or the magical. Doors represent possibilities. They are inherently mysterious. Opening a door, literally and figuratively, means entering a new space, a new experience, a new moment in your life.”
The screenplay, written by Seth Reiss (The Menu), blends romance, humor, and drama with a sense of magical realism. “I liked that we can’t put the film into a box, yet it feels relatable,” he explains. “It’s a story about two people and their deficiencies and evolving love story, and everyone can relate to that. Then it’s all filtered through this high concept of their magical adventure. The characters of David (Farrell) and Sarah (Robbie) and their romance are like the cake of the movie, and the magical realism is the icing.”
With originality, romance, and magic as its core pillars, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey promises to be an evocative cinematic experience.
Audiences are invited to embark on this cinematic voyage when A Big Bold Beautiful Journey opens in Philippine theaters on September 17.
