Finding Agnes is a 2020 Filipino drama film directed by Marla Ancheta and starring Jelson Bay, Sue Ramirez and Sandy Andolong.[1][2] The film revolves around a successful businessman who flies to Morocco after the death of his estranged mother to fulfill his mother's final wishes along with her adopted daughter.

Finding Agnes
Film poster
Directed byMarla Ancheta
Starring
Production
company
Mavx Productions
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 30 November 2020 (2020-11-30)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryPhilippines
Languages
  • Filipino
  • English

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Finding Agnes was directed by Marla Ancheta and written by Aileen Kessop[3] and was produced under Mavx Productions.[4] Filming for Finding Agnes mostly took place in Marrakesh, Morocco[4][5] in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic prevailing at the time of the film's release.[6] Initially the script called for a romantic comedy story but Ancheta had the script revised to a "personal journey" story of a person with some light drama elements.[7]

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Finding Agnes premiered globally on November 30, 2020 through Netflix[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Finding Agnes Review". Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Sue Ramirez's film 'Finding Agnes' coming to Netflix in November". Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Watch: Sue Ramirez, Jelson Bay in trailer for family drama 'Finding Agnes'". Rappler. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b Biong, Ian (22 October 2020). "Sue Ramirez's new film shot in Morocco to premiere in November". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b Adel, Rosette (9 December 2020). "'Finding Agnes': This Filipino Netflix film was shot in 'picture-perfect' Morocco". Interaksyon (in English and Tagalog). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  6. ^ "'Finding Agnes' premieres November 30 on Netflix". The Manila Times. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  7. ^ Dec 13, Jam Nitura- (13 December 2020). "Did You Know? Netflix's "Finding Agnes" Was Originally Supposed to Be a Rom-Com". Preview.ph. Retrieved 12 January 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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