A filipino romantic drama film

Sana Dati is a filipino romantic drama film written and directed by Jerold Tarog.

Sana Dati poster picture

The film is about the woman who stalls her big wedding when a guy with a camera shows up and reminds her of a love she once had. 


The cameraman in "Sana Dati" is Dennis (Paulo Avelino), a novice wedding videographer serendipitously hired to cover the wedding of Andrea (Lovi Poe), the last love of his older brother Andrew (Benjamin Alves). Andrea weds Robert (TJ Trinidad), a failed politician-turned-businessman she met during an election campaign. Through Andrea, Dennis finally understands the reason behind his brother's sudden decision to leave their family. Through Dennis, Andrea discovers another way to relieve the perfect love that was abruptly terminated by fate's cruelty.

Andrea and Andrew

Opening with an ingenious proposal by Andrew to Andrea, the film immediately cuts to the day of a wedding. Dennis is introduced, carrying into hotel various camera equipment he barely knows how to use. He finally arrives in Andrea's room, where he proceeds to interview her, throwing questions about her love for Robert. Andrea directly answers the questions, her eyes avoiding the camera. Dennis does the same for Robert. Robert answers the questions, with his eyes directly upon the camera.

Love has always been defined by winners. The greatest lovers are those who lived content with it or died inspired by it. "Sana Dati" is not a film about winners. It is not about the fictional poet, named after Spanish director Julio Medem, who wrote the most beautiful verses about the feeling of being in love prior to dying. It is not about Andrew, who, like fictional Medem, died with heart overflowing with love. The heart of "Sana Dati" lies with the losers, the ones we tend to forget when the most intense statements about love have already been declared. It is about Andrea, whose life goes on despite the tragedy of her one true love perishing. It is about Robert, who is about to marry a girl who does not love him. It is about Andrew, who stirs trouble in somebody else's romantic affairs.