Let the Love Begin

Infobox Film | name = Let the Love Begin


caption = Their romantic journey starts here
director = Mac Alejandre
producer = Annette Gozon-Abrogar
writer = Suzette Doctolero
RJ Nuevas
starring =Richard Gutierrez
Angel Locsin
Mark Herras
Jennylyn Mercado
music =Universal Records
distributor = GMA Films
released = February, 2005
runtime = 135 minutes
language = Tagalog
imdb_id = 0442306

"Let the Love Begin" is a 2005 romantic film released by GMA Films in the Philippines. The film was directed by Mac Alejandre. It was starred by the, Angel Locsin with Richard Gutierrez, Jennylyn Mercado and Mark Herras.

The film was shown in the Philippines on Valentine's Day of 2005. During its opening week, it became the first Filipino film of 2005 that topped the box office, ahead of foreign made films.

Complete cast

* Richard Gutierrez as Eric
* Angel Locsin as Pia
* Mark Herras as Luigi
* Jennylyn Mercado as Alex
* Gloria Romero as Lola
* Paolo Contis as Uno
* Bearwin Meily
* Tuesday Vargas
* Polo Ravales
* Tonton Gutierrez
* Nanette Inventor "rest of cast listed alphabetically:"
* Nicole Anderson
* Jerome John Hughes
* Julianne Lee
* Geoff Rodriguez
* Shamrock
* Tessbomb
* Margaret Wilson

Theme song

The title of the movie is based on the song, "Let the Love Begin". The song was written by Gloria Sklerov and Lenny Macaluso and performed by Jimmy Demers and Carol Sue Hill for the love theme of the American movie Thrashin'. In the Philippines, the song was originally popularize by singer Gino Padilla in 1987 and it became popular. In the "Let the Love Begin" movie, Kyla and Jerome John Hughes renditioned the song for its soundtrack.

Plot

The story begins in a high school. Pia (Angel Locsin) is beautiful and wealthy and she is the campus sweetheart that every guy is dreaming of. Eric (Richard Gutierrez) is intelligent and has a good heart but does not have a money to live in comfort and luxury as he is taking care of his kind and loving grandmother who continues to encourage him no matter what difficulty he encounters and has always had been concerned about his future. Because of this, he works as the school's janitor where he admires the Pia from afar who on the other hand is somewhat weak-willed. Although they belong to the extremes of social classes, Pia and Eric cross their paths cross when they share the same seat in class - Eric during the night (as part of his schloarship program classes) and Pia during the day. Are they destined to be with each other because of this sign? Or does fate playing a trick on them?

Box office success

"Let The Love Begin" ranked in a grand total of Php 110,382,426 in the Philippine box-office.

Trivia

* Most of the classroom scenes were filmed at Lyceum of the Philippines University.
* Epson and McDonald's are the major sponsors of the film, obviously shown in many scenes.
* The airport scene was shot in Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Clark Airbase, located in the province of Pampanga.
* The movie also starred Richard's older brother Tonton

External links

*imdb title|title=Let the Love Begin|id=0442306
* [http://www.igma.tv/begin/ Official website]