If the characters in Shandii Bacolod’s Love At The End of World were to answer the question, they would say “have sex, and sex some more.”
“I don’t want to spoil the story. Just watch it, and you’d know the reason why we were put in the late-night timeslot,” Bacolod told the audience at the special screening of his series now streaming on GagaOOLala, a Taipei-based subscription video-on-demand service specialized in LGBT content.
Under Temporary Insanity Pictures & MSB Entertainment Production, Love at the End of the World explores the lives of four couples as they navigate through love, pain, forgiveness, and redemption.
After reports from NASA confirm that an asteroid is set to hit Earth in seven days resulting in global catastrophe, priorities quickly change and panic ensues. Although the stories of each couple are quite tragic, the audience gains closure by the last episode as love truly becomes the driving force in the lasting moments of Earth’s existence.
The starry cast ensemble includes Kristof Garcia (Bidaman Ampalaya Chronicles), Rex Lantano (Daddy Love, MMK), Nico Locco (Culion, Sabado), Mike Liwag (Culion, Unlocked), Elijah Filamor (Alpha: The Right to Kill), Yam Mercado (Culion), Khalid Ruiz and Markki Stroem (Slumber Party, Unlocked), with Gold Azeron (Metamorphosis, Unlocked), Arrian Labios (Kid Kulafu, Babae at Baril), and Irma Adlawan (Oro, Transit).
Filmed in different locations in the Philippines, the erotic suspense drama series elevates the boys’ love subgenre with its ambitious and film-like production filming from the beautiful beach in Mindoro to the mountaineer’s destination in Tanay.
“This is a culmination of my heartbreaks, my relationships, my sexual desires, and my fears. This is my ode to loneliness,” Bacolod shared.
For Markki Stroem, the series gives him some Sense8 vibe. He’s referring to the Netflix series about eight strangers who find themselves connected by a violent vision and by their shared ability to connect with one another’s thoughts and actions.“It’s hard to elaborate without letting you know the entire story. But all the characters go through collaborative stress. And that connects all of them. The series just wanted to explore the idea about the things we’re going to do when we only have seven days to live. How are we supposed to look at the world?” Stroem expressed.
The singer and theater actor also admires the vision of the director whom he also described as someone who is “so easy to work with unlike other directors who will terrorize you on the set.”
“The series is a fascinating piece. It’s also a fascinating experience to be part of this project that talks about the impending doom of the end of the world. The director’s vision gives us the experience of how it feels like to be in that situation,” Stroem said.
Love At The End Of The World premiered on Dec. 30. The first episode is free while the second episode is available to VIP subscribers. New episodes will be released every Thursday at 12 midnight.