A Filipino romance where love is slow-cooked like adobo and twice as complicated.
Follows the flirtation between Manuel and Lourdes, two Negrosanon whose lives revolve around food. Along the way, we are treated to the full panorama of Negrosanon cuisine and the idiosyncrasies of Negrosanon eating.
Production
Negrosanon cuisine shot like edible art.
Writing
Witty, specific regional dialogue that transports you.
Acting
Christian Vasquez smolders while chopping vegetables.
Director
Jay Abello
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Namets! is Negrense slang for 'delicious,' grounding the film in authentic Hiligaynon culture rarely seen in mainstream Philippine cinema.
Director Jay Abello cast actual Negrosanon chefs and food historians as consultants, making every dish historically accurate to the region's sugar baron era.
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