Her performance is admirably restrained, even if her role could have been interpreted with brusquer gestures. The mom initially rejects the idea but then allows her. Paragas dutifully introduces Rose’s possible lover (Liam Booth), a boy who invites her to Austin for a night of country music. It opens with titular Rose (Eva Noblezada) coming home from school, saying her routine hellos to her stern mom (Princess Punzalan) and attempting to study, before strumming her guitar and singing the germ of what could be a lovely country-style song.Ī clearly talented protagonist is prevented from pursuing her dreams by a domineering but doting mother whose strict belief in tradition forces her to think that music is just a distraction. Thankfully, the film hits all the right notes, cleverly avoiding the pitfalls of the American Idol-style rags-to-riches trope by venturing into more serious territories. At first glance, Diane Paragas’ Yellow Rose seems like just another A Star is Born clone, a film scaled down not as a creative decision but for budgetary constraints, and focusing on a distinctly Filipino experience as a bid for originality.
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