Rhen Escaño and Rita Martinez breathe life into the central characters in Lulu, written and helmed by Kita Kita director Sigrid Andrea Bernardo.
The series introduces sultry actress Rhen Escaño (Adan, The Other Wife, Paraluman) as Sophie and newcomer Rita Martinez (The Voice Philippines Season 2) as Abi.
Devastated by a break-up, the naturally bubbly and outspoken Sophie wants to disconnect from the world. After deactivating her social media accounts, she escapes to her beachfront AirBnB house, also meaning to rehabilitate it. But everything she does is turning out to be a disaster. In fact, Sophie believes that in all her 25 years of existence, she has not done anything right. But when Abi arrives in her house and walks into her life, it all feels just right.
Abi is a 30-year-old “soft butch,” a talented cook, and a guitarist in an indie band. She is someone who’s got her life all planned out. But for a change, Abi goes on a journey where she just wants to be spontaneous. That is how she stumbles upon Sophie’s AirBnB.
When the two meet, sparks fly and they can’t resist falling in love with each other.
Composed of eight episodes, Lulu shows how Sophie and Abi handle their relationship as exes come back, old pains resurface, and secrets are revealed
“I conceptualized the story of Lulu a long time ago and I was just waiting for the right time to proceed with scriptwriting and make the story come alive on screen,” the director said in an interview.
“I wanted Lulu to be light. I want to focus on the individual struggles of the characters, love is secondary. And it will come naturally. Of course, we will tackle ’yong mga issues pero very, very subtle. It’s more of an everyday life ng lesbian community.”
Through this series, Bernardo wants viewers to know the fun side of lesbian women.
“Masayahin din sila,” she reiterated.
Lulu streams on Vivamax on Jan. 7, new episodes will be dropped every Friday.