FILM

ANALYSIS
The Hows of Us
 The Hows of Us
Writers Director
◦ Carmi Raymundo (screenplay) ◦ Cathy Garcia-Molina
◦ Gilliann Ebreo (screenplay)
◦ Crystal S. San Miguel (screenplay)
◦ Cathy Garcia-Molina (screenplay,
story)
 Summary of the Film

Story of couple Primo (Daniel Padilla) and George

(Kathryn Bernardo) who are in a long-term relationship
and are already building and planning their future
together. Their love will be put to the test as their
relationship faces hurdles, including misunderstands and
different career paths. How will they save their "us"?
 Characters and Characterization
 Kathryn Bernardo as George
 Daniel Padilla as Primo
 Jean Garcia as Baby
 Susan Africa as Lola Leonida
 Oddete Khan as Mrs. Albellera
 Darren Espanto as Yohan
 Kit Thompson as Darwin
 Conflict
Primo, played by Daniel Padilla, can’t find the
perfect band mate he can work with. As this
continues, Him and George, played by Kathryn
Bernardo, starts to struggle to pay bills, foods, and
etc. really testing if love is enough in living their life.
 Plot
Exposition: Once rivals in a debating competition, George (Kathryn
Bernardo) and Primo (Daniel Padilla) finally fall in love. George
states she admires Primo's passion and his desire to one day make his
OPM band renowned over the world. Things start to become messy
when George and Primo move into the house they inherited from
George's relative (Susan Africa). As Primo tries to achieve the big
break, George, who is going for medical school, becomes the
breadwinner for the family.
 Plot
Rising Action: The two struggled so hard. Primo, who’s so
passionate about making his own band, struggles so hard to
find band members who he thinks qualified to be with him.
George, on the other hand, are struggling to keep on living
because she is the breadwinner and with Primo on her side,
makes her life harder. The two decided to broke up and
Primo left the country.
 Plot
Climax: The two finally met again in the house they inherited. George told
Primo that she’s selling the house but Primo doesn’t want to. Primo still loves
George while George is denying to love Primo back. She’s trying to not fall
for him again because she wants to finally become a doctor and visit his
father in Amsterdam with his little brother. With Primo’s charm and being
gentle with her, George can’t resist falling in love again to Primo. They got to
a fight and George admitted that she can’t move on and still loves him. Primo
finally gave up on getting back George and instead, he helped George sell the
house and fly to Amsterdam with George’s little brother to see their dad.
 Plot
Falling Action: They fly to Amsterdam and see that her
father died long years ago. The present wife of his father
said that her father really loved them both. George also
realized that Primo really changed. The old passionate
Primo who will not do anything he wants have changed.
They go back to Philippines and starts to pack their things
that left in the sold house.
 Plot
Denoument: While cleaning the house, George
saw the gift she throwed under the refrigerator
and saw what Primo said and regretting all she
said to Primo in the past. They got back together
and that’s the end the story of Primo and George.
 Analysis
Even more shady is the fact that the film takes the most pleasant route to its predicted
happy ending. It features a variety of amusing situations, such as George practically
separating their house with duct tape and Primo being taken by surprise by George's
curves, which force him to give yes to her every request. It takes the safest approach
possible, inventing sob tales to put the lovers in a situation where they must make
sacrifices in order to portray both remorseful and forgiving hearts. It showcases a series
of quotable statements in order to overshadow its single goal of announcing that love
heals all.
It's all nice, except that the former lovers' return to one other's arms is so easy,
comfortable, and convenient that it undermines the film's attempts to portray a more
mature sort of relationship.
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