"Waiting for Sunset: Closing Remarks"

 "Waiting for Sunset: Closing Remarks"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

Plot:

Waiting for Sunset (Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon) follows the lives of 3 Elderly Individuals whose lives are in intermingled with each other. The story revolves around an older unmarried couple whose lives are affected when the womans estranged husband reaches out due to an illness.

Waiting for Sunset also has the element of ripples that these characters decision had done in time. 

The Good:

The meatiest dialogue of this whole movie revolves around the scene where the estranged couple are talking in bed.Around 17:30 left in the movie. Almost to the very end.It is a short one but very meaningful.

Bene:"Alam mo ba kung bakit ako nakipaghiwalay sa iyo?"

Tere: "Ang sabi mo nagising ka na lang na di mo na ako mahal."  

Bene goes on to try and say that would it have been better if he had lied to her but thinking that Tere did not ask for answers he accepted that that love might no longer be there as well. He wanted to hear anger from Tere now that he was dying.

Tere says that she did not understand how someone could no longer love anyone as fast that. "Sa isang pagpikit at mulat ng mata."

"Nagising din naman ako na di na din kita mahal. Kaya lang ang masakit di lang tayo nagkasabay."

Those last words had the impact of a two ton truck heading Bene's way. The realization that the person whom he thought still loved him was there because she could face up to him. And the much needed closure that everyone needed. 

All three are waiting for their own suns to set. One of them just got it earlier.

The Bad:

Well about those ripples that I was talking about in the movie. Bene and Tere had a son who had commitment issues due to his father's actions. They had choice words for each other the last time they met in the house. It was too bad that he was not able to say goodbye.

The Ugly:

The ending of this movie showed the 3 Elders on the beach. In the middle of them was the now lifeless corpse of Bene who died while they were transferring houses. An ugly thought crossed my mind then as they sat there on the chairs and the movie faded out from this scene. Would they be able to remain happy after this? Or did we just witness a pact where they would all go down with this sunset?