The film adds another layer of conflict by giving Lio a difficult personality on top of his medical condition. Seeing the world through LioвЂ™s eyes is enough to understand what heвЂ™s going through and how he deals with his face blindness. Here, the film smartly relies on visual storytelling, never resorting to spoon-feeding or over-explaining. The dialogue is sometimes trite and cheesy, but it helps that the film focuses more on visuals and atmosphere to create emotions - a complete opposite of the last film de Guzman starred in, the dialogue-heavy That Thing Called Tadhana.

Ruiz manages to keep LioвЂ™s predicament serious and consistently laced with tension.

It did cross my mind plenty of times, as LioвЂ™s world of ever-changing faces is a hairline away from becoming comical. While watching the movie, itвЂ™s hard not to imagine if this will work better as a comedy. This allows you to experience face blindness first-hand, with the faces of people around Lio literally looking different in the next minute. Ruiz made a clever decision to use different actors for important characters to provide a more palpable sense of confusion. JOEL Ruiz, the filmвЂ™s director, with lead stars Rhian Ramos and JM de Guzman. Ruiz never allows you to veer away from LioвЂ™s gaze, making you acutely sympathetic to his everyday dilemma - from ordering coffee in his favorite cafe to responding to his officemates, or bumping into a cheerful acquaintance at a 7-eleven. How does he cope with his disability?В How does he socialize or keep a job? Ruiz takes conscious effort in giving the audience an emotional and stressful outlook from LioвЂ™s perspective. Sure, you can fall and stay in love with someone unattractive, but can you stay in love with a face that is ever changing? Kung Paano Siya NawalaВ examines whether a romantic relationship with a prosopagnosic can survive, and if true love can transcend physical appearances. LioвЂ™s medical condition is the looming conflict in this absorbing romantic tale written and directed by Joel Ruiz. The girl is Shana (Rhian Ramos), a beautiful and reckless barista who falls in love with Lio, fighting her way into the life of a guy who keeps forgetting what she looks like. The guy is Lio (JM de Guzman), a prosopagnosic, or someone who suffers from face blindness - a medical condition that prevents him from recognizing faces, including his own familyвЂ™s. TBA Studios brings a love story made complicated by a cognitive disorder.

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