Broken Hearts Trip is a 2023 Philippine
LGBTcomedy film starring
Christian Bables, directed by Lemuel Lorca under BMC Films and Smart Films. The film revolves around a reality show where five LGBT participants, each of them seeking to move on from their past love lives, compete to win in the show's various trials.
Broken Hearts Trip is the last film appearance of
Jaclyn Jose after she died on March 2, 2024.
Premise
A gay man (
Christian Bables),[1] hosts The Broken Hearts Trip, a
reality television show featuring five LGBT contestants (Teejay Marquez, Marvin Yap, Petite, Iyah Mina, and Andoy Ranay).[2] The host is joined by two people who serve as his co-"judgers" (Tart Carlos and
Jaclyn Jose).[3] The five participants have one thing in common, they are brokenhearted, and are given a chance to heal from their bad experience through trips to various tourist destinations across the Philippines.[4]
The five contestants must avoid falling in love. The last gay man or trans woman standing is promised to win a million pesoes.[5][2]
Cast
Christian Bables as the film's in-universe reality TV show host and a "judger"
Broken Heart's Trip is a co-production by
BMC Films and
Smart Films. It was directed by Lemuel Lorca.[9] Lex Bonife did the story while Archie del Mundo did the screenplay.[10] The film revolves around five LGBT characters.[4]
Broken Heart's Trip premiered in cinemas in the Philippines on December 25, 2023, as one of the official entries of the
2023 Metro Manila Film Festival.[12]
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abPEP Troika (November 5, 2023).
"Broken Hearts Trip director, inalmahan ang isyung palakasan sa pagpasok nila sa MMFF 2023" [Broken Hearts Trip director, pushes back against issue of (alleged) nepotism on their entry to MMFF 2023]. PEP.ph (in Filipino). Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. Retrieved December 9, 2023. Bading na naman ang role dito ni Christian Bables, pero tiniyak daw niyang ibang-iba ito sa mga gay roles na nagampanan na niya. [The role of Christian Bables in this film is that of a bading (bakla or gay man), but promised that this is different than the other gay roles he did]