Breakfast in Brooklyn
by: Senedy H. Que | STIR Contributor
27 Apr 2009 | 11:17 AM

NEW YORK--Here are some photos from the second-day shoot of “In My Life,” which I was able to cover. In this scene, Noel (John Lloyd Cruz) eagerly shows his “mother-in-law” Shirley (Vilma Santos) around Brooklyn, New York, where he and her son Mark (Luis Manzano) live as a gay couple. Shirley just arrived in New York to visit Mark. But Luis is "busy" with work. There is a plotline here that I cannot reveal so as not to spoil the story. So Noel is forced to spend time with his uptight "mother-in-law."

He introduces her to the breakfast habit of native New Yorkers - freshly baked bagels! The uptight Shirley doubts that she will like the taste of bagels, a cute getting-to-know-you scene between them. Vilma, of course, is Luis’ mom in real life. Did she have bagel? Did she like it? Well, this is a delightful, amusing scene that should be seen on the screen. But the breakfast did not cause Shirley to warm up to Noel. No, not yet anyway.

I am leaving on April 30 for the Barcelona Film Festival where my directorial debut “Twelve (Dose” is participating. I’m returning to New York on May 7 until the “In My Life” is done shooting. Then I will fly to Cannes to join the Philippine delegation (Dante Mendoza, Ferdinand Lapuz, and my friends, Adolfo Alix, Jr., Raya Martin, Arleen Cuevas and Piolo Pascual) and cover/report on the historic-making presence of Philippine cinema at Cannes! Of course, I will update STIR. 

BUZZ: Rafael Rosell, who’s doing a role in “In My Life” as Mark’s ex-lover arrived last night. He looked okay after his vehicle was carnapped over there. I saw him last night when he arrived. He looked okay naman. I have not seen him yet since then.