It Takes a Man and a Woman
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| Directed by | Cathy Garcia-Molina |
| Produced by | Vicente G. del Rosario III |
| Written by | Carmi Raymundo |
| Screenplay by | Carmi Raymundo |
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John Lloyd Cruz Sarah Geronimo Isabelle Daza |
| Music by | Jesse Lasaten |
| Cinematography | Manuel Teehankee |
| Edited by | Marya Ignacio |
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| Distributed by | Star Cinema |
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127 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
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| Box office | PHP387 Million (Philippines) US$1,800,874 (North America) |
It Takes a Man and a Woman is a 2013 Filipino romantic comedy film directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina and written by Carmi Raymundo. It is a sequel to two earlier films A Very Special Love (2008) and You Changed My Life (2009).John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo reprise their roles as Miggy Montenegro and Laida Magtalas respectively. The film is set two years after their break-up which occurred in a depicted flashback scene following events (not shown) in the preceding film.
Released in the Philippines on 30 March 2013, It Takes a Man and a Woman was a major commercial success. The film grossed PHP 387 million. It is the 2nd highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing Filipino film released in the Philippines in 2013. During the FAMAS Award in 2014, it received three nominations including Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Editing.
The film follows the life of Miggy (John Lloyd Cruz) / (Daniel Padilla) and Laida (Sarah Geronimo) / (Kathryn Bernardo) after their break-up which occurred after the events in the second film. Miggy is now in a relationship with Belle (Isabelle Daza) / (Kiray Celis), while Laida is now a fiercer woman after living in the United States. They try to co-exist in the same company, while Laida tries to oppose Miggy's business decisions through a series of events which made them realize the real definition of true love.
After two years, it is shown that Miggy has lost the trust of the board members since he lost the company's aircraft business, and is in need of Laida's help. Coming back from New York, Laida is now stronger than she was before and seems to have moved on from Miggy. The movie shows flashbacks of how Laida and Miggy's relationship turned around when Laida's father cheated on her mother and flies back to Manila. However, at the same time Miggy's father receives a heart attack and wants Laida to be with him. Unfortunately Laida is stuck comforting her mother and is in delay of attending Miggy's father's funeral. He is comforted by Belle, an old family friend, and later share a kiss. Laida witnesses this, and breaks up with Miggy.
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