
All of You
2017

Representation Score
Fair
2017
TV-PGDirector
Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo
Runtime
84 minutes
Average Rating
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Kita Kita is a sincere exploration of human vulnerability, succeeding through its empathetic portrayal of disability. By placing a Filipino narrative in a Japanese setting, the film offers a refreshing departure from Western-centric storytelling patterns. However, the film remains tied to conventional romantic comedy structures, prioritizing individual emotional arcs over the deconstruction of social hierarchies or multi-layered identity politics. Ultimately, while the film provides a nuanced look at sensory loss and cross-cultural settings, its adherence to traditional gender dynamics and conventions that assume everyone is straight limits its progressive impact.
Category Breakdown
The film adheres to traditional heterosexual relationships and does not include characters with non-binary gender identities or stories that challenge conventional norms.
The story uses traditional romantic clichés, such as a pursuer and pursued dynamic. Although the female lead takes control of her situation, the plot relies on male persistence for her emotional growth.
The film centers a Southeast Asian narrative within a Japanese setting, offering a break from Western-centric storytelling. However, the cast remains largely homogeneous within its ethnic context.
The narrative adopts a secular, humanistic approach to fate and companionship, avoiding religious morality but not engaging in systemic critiques or anti-Western perspectives.
The plot focuses on a protagonist facing temporary blindness, exploring the psychological implications of sensory loss rather than using the condition merely as a plot device.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
Lea is a tour guide in Japan who suffered from temporary blindness and if not cured in a few weeks could be permanent. Tonyo who lives right across from Lea is persistent and determined to be her friend. They then become closer and Lea has seen the true character of Tonyo.

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