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Stars of ‘Meet, Greet & Bye’ turn emotional at trailer launch

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<div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mtou4LuxFrg?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>MANILA -- Maricel Soriano, Piolo Pascual, Belle Mariano and JK Labajo turned emotional after watching the official trailer for Star Cinema&#x27;s upcoming drama movie &quot;Meet, Greet &amp; Bye,&quot; which was shown during a media conference held at Dolphy Theater inside ABS-CBN compound on Wednesday.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:955px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1759968652728Piolo.jpg" style="width:955px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Screen grab: YouTube/Star Cinema"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Screen grab: YouTube/Star Cinema</em></span></span></span></div><p>&quot;Naiiyak ako. Maganda kasi &#x27;yung movie namin,&quot; Soriano said as she tried to control her emotion. </p><p>&quot;Talagang ipinagmamalaki namin &#x27;yung pelikulang ginawa namin, para sa inyo na handog ng Star Cinema at ABS-CBN. Sana po panoorin niyo hinding-hindi kato magsisisi,&quot; she added.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1759968684928MGB_Belle.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Screen grab: YouTube/Star Cinema"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Screen grab: YouTube/Star Cinema</em></span></span></span></div><p>Before sharing her reaction to the trailer, Mariano wiped her tears and calmed herself.</p><p>&quot;Sobrang na-attach kami sa proyektong ito and sana &#x27;yung pamilya Facundo, &#x27;yung mensahe nito ay sobang ganda. Sana ang mensahe nito ay umabot sa mga manonood natin because it will give so much importance to the people you love in your life,&quot; Mariano said.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1759968699769MGB_Piolo.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Screen grab: YouTube/Star Cinema</em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Pascual, who was also wiping his tears, admitted that the movie was really hard to do.</p><p>&quot;Pasensiya na napaka-emosyonal namin sa pelikula. It was really hard to do. I don&#x27;t want to say personally but it hits close to home, especially for Filipino families. And it&#x27;s something na we have to face inevitably. No matter who we lose as long as it&#x27;s part of the family, ang sakita sa puso, hindi ba? So when we are doing it, pinipigilan kami ni direk umiyak. Kasi sabi niya, &#x27;audience ang iiyak  hindi kayo, bawal kayo umiyak.&#x27; Bawal kami umiyak. So &#x27;yun ang masakit kasi we are full of emotions yet we can not show it as much so it was really hard especially kay Inay (Soriano) si Inay napakamaiyakin, so bawal-bawal talaga,&quot; Pascual said.</p><p>&quot;With what I personally went through in life it also way to close. Basta &#x27;yon na &#x27;yon, basta maganda &#x27;yung pelikula na ito,&quot; Labajo added.</p><p>According to film&#x27;s writers Patrick Valencia and Jumbo Albano, &quot;Meet, Greet &amp; Bye,&quot; which also stars Joshua Garcia, comes from &quot;our deepest fear to lose our parents and it was not easy confronting that fear.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I think what really pushed as to tell this story is that this is our love letter to our parents. The same way kung paano siya naging love letter ni direk para sa kanyang mga anak,&quot; Albano said.</p><p>Directed by Cathy Garcia-Sampana, &quot;Meet, Greet and Bye&quot; opens in cinemas worldwide on November 12.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AZzHmYil7zo?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KDSHOBqL1bc?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FTciX8ovZ1k?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The stars of '<i>Meet, Greet &amp; Bye'</i> couldn’t hold back their tears after seeing the trailer for Cathy Garcia-Sampana’s latest family drama — a poignant love letter to parents and children.</p>

The stars of ' Meet, Greet & Bye' couldn’t hold back their tears after seeing the trailer for Cathy Garcia-Sampana’s latest family drama — a poignant love letter to parents and children.