Way Back Home (2011)

Way Back Home is a 2011 Filipino family drama film . The film was released by Star Cinema and premiered on August 17, 2011.
The film follows the story of two sisters, Ana Bartolome (Kathryn Bernardo) and Jessica Santiago (Julia Montes), who have been separated for twelve years and grew up in two totally different worlds.


Production
After the success of the television series, Mara Clara, ABS-CBN decided to launch the lead cast of the series to film, Bernardo and Montes. In February 2011, the cast was announced that the two main characters will be portrayed by Bernardo and Montes and supposedly together with AJ Perez and enrique gil. But in April 17, 2011, Perez died due to a car crash. The film company then replaced Perez with Sam Concepcion. In June 2011, Casino was originally tied to the film. However, in July, he was pulled out and was replaced by Enrique Gil. According to Star Cinema, the change in the lineup is prompted by their desire to experiment with different combinations for Bernardo and Montes. Casino has initially worked with Bernardo and Montes in Mara Clara.


Trailer

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Cast
Kathryn Bernardo as Ana Bartolome/Joanna Liesl S. Santiago
Julia Montes as Jessica Lorraine S. Santiago
Enrique Gil as Michael Estacio
Sam Concepcion as AJ Delgado
Agot Isidro as Amelia "Amy" Santiago
Tonton Gutierrez as Ariel Santiago
Lotlot De Leon as Lerma Bartolome
Clarence Delgado as Buboy Bartolome
Bella Flores as Lola Nita
Ahron Villena
Jairus Aquino as Junior Bartolome
Josh Ivan Morales
Gilleth Sandico
Isah
Kyle Dannielle Ocampo as Young Jessica Santiago
Veronica Louise Bernardo as Young Ana Bartolome/Joanna Santiago
Cecil Paz as Yaya of Jessica and Joanna/Ana


Reception
Launch
The official poster and promotional photos were released through Star Cinema's official Multiply site. The official cinematic trailer was released on the July 30th episode of the noontime variety show, Happy Yipee Yehey. It was first reported that the soundtrack of the film, "You're My Home" will be covered by Maria Aragon, but later on showed in the film's music video that Angeline Quinto will sing the theme song, which was originally sang by Lea Salonga.


Critical Response
On a film review done by Noel Orsal of Philippine Entertainment Portal he quoted, "The typical Filipino film is at home in portraying families. It brings out one of the best dramatic scenes and emphatic dialogues primarily because relationships within the family can relate to. Conflicts and dysfunction between parent and child or among siblings would always find an audience connecting to a particular character over another."


Box Office
The film opened at first place with an P18 million within its first week surpassing The Smurfs and Conan The Barbarian in Philippine cinemas, according to Box Office Mojo. On its second week, the film grossed an estimated P4 million, having a total gross receipt of P25.7 million. The film was shown in theaters for only two weeks because of the new Star Cinema film Wedding Tayo, Wedding Hindi.


Summary

Directed	Jerry Lopez Sineneng
Produced	Charo Santos-Concio Malou Santos
Written	Dan Bagas Karen Ramos Vanessa Valdez
Starring	Kathryn Bernardo Julia Montes Enrique Gil Sam Concepcion Agot Isidro w/ special participation of Kim Chiu
Music	Jessie Lasaten
Cinematography	Julius Palomo Villanueva
Editing	Marya Ignacio
Studio	Star Cinema
Distributed	Star Cinema
Release Date(s)	August 17, 2011 (2011-08-17) (Philippines)
Running Time	120 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Tagalog English
Box Office	P25.7 million