Ligaw Liham (Letters of Nor)

When Nor (John Michael Lee) learns the local post office has secretly ceased operations, he uses this as his chance to communicate with Karen (Karylle), a longtime crush. Pretending to be Karen’s husband, who’s in Saigon, Nor writes love letters to the woman of his dreams. Based on actual events, this touching Filipino drama follows Nor’s attempts to win over Karen’s heart.

When one is invisible, one is likely to lose his way. To an individual whom society fails to notice because of a diminishing circumstance, it is easy enough to lose himself in things that would otherwise be unacceptable. Ligaw Liham is this kind of story. Nor, considered the town simpleton, finds an opportunity to sway to the dance of love when he takes over the pen of Karen’s husband and wrote letters not his. This is a story on how deeply people get affected when one of society’s basic services stops working. It takes inspiration from a true incident involving a provincial post office in Negros that simply stopped working at a pre-texting era when people tend to be completely dependent on the mailing system – letters were neither coming nor going, leaving an unaccounted number of corrupted lives.

Directors: Jay Abello, Manny Montelibano
Writers: Jay Abello (additional dialogue), Jet C. Orbida, Checcs Osmeña
Stars: John Michael Lee, George Macainan, Clarissa Deles, John Arceo, Karylle, Dingdong Dantes, Joy Geduyon, Ivy Amor Nabos, Ameejan Dionzon, Trixia Marie Yap, Louie Dormido, Louie Zahaljauregi, Rodolfo Paclibar Jr., Dennis Ascalon, Vanya Castor, Arianne Castor, Charito Ferrer-Motus, Marjorie Militar