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Maris Racal to represent ‘Where Is The Lie?’ movie in Italian film fest

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>Maris Racal took to social media to express her excitement about going to Italy for a film festival to represent her new movie. <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"></span></p><p>&quot;We’re going to Italy!! Can&#x27;t believe I&#x27;m gonna be at the Udine Far East Film Festival 2023 to represent our film, <em>Where Is The Lie.</em> See u @ejjallorina So exciting! Thank u universe! 🙏🏻🥰&quot; she posted on her Instagram page.</p><p>Celebrity friends and fans of Maris were quick to congratulate the actress.</p><p>&quot;Goodluck! We wish you all the best!&quot; one fan commented.</p><p>&quot;Yay 😍 Congratulations Ms. @mariesteller 🙌👏 Enjoy Italy,&quot; another fan posted.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Crccl5evLTI/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A79649.80000019073%2C%22ls%22%3A18262%2C%22le%22%3A18286.099999904633%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="746" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p><em>Where Is The Lie? </em>is directed and written by award-winning filmmaker Quark Henares.</p><p>Based on the film&#x27;s IMDB page, the film tells the story of &quot;hopeless romantic Janzen Torres (EJ Jallorina) who finds another chance at love when she matches with the handsome and seemingly perfect Theo Balmaceda (Royce Cabrera) on a dating app. Unfortunately, on the day of their meet-up, Theo ghosts her, leading Janzen into an intricate web of deceit, lies, and catfishing led by sociopathic mastermind Beanie Landridos (Maris Racal).&quot;</p><p>In a report by <em>Rappler </em>in February, Quark shared how Maris got cast for the movie.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/9/22/fresh-scoops/maris-racal-celebrates-25th-birthday-202555"><strong>READ: Maris Racal celebrates 25th birthday</strong></a></div><p>The director shared that Maris was actually not on their mind initially.</p><p>&quot;We had a long list of people for Beanie (the main character), and Maris really wasn’t one of them because if you look at her filmography, di ba palagi siyang (isn’t she always like the) best friend of the lead in a rom-com and she’s always wholesome in films like <em>The Breakup Playlist </em>and <em>Block Z.</em> She’s always like the happy-girl character, so Maris wasn’t actually in our radar,&quot; he relayed.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-3" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CprlUixubAS/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A80788.40000009537%2C%22ls%22%3A18262%2C%22le%22%3A18286.099999904633%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="880" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-3" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>But when Maris auditioned for the role, Quark was very impressed by her performance.</p><p>&quot;So when Maris finally read, I was blown away. We wrote Beanie to be more of a toughie and bully. One of the things we had her do during the audition was, &#x27;Okay, insult everyone in the room, including me.&#x27; And she destroyed everyone,&quot; Quark shared.</p><p>He added: &quot;She was smiling while doing that, and then I was like, &#x27;Oh my god, this is the character.&#x27; This is what Beanie should be, this very playful and impish character.&quot;</p>

<p>Maris Racal will be attending the Udine Far East Film Festival 2023 in Italy. </p>

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Maris Racal to represent ‘Where Is The Lie?’ movie in Italian film fest

Toff C.

Published April 27, 2023 09:28 AM PHT

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