Hello, Love, Goodbye Movie Details:
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino |
| Genre | Drama Romance |
| Release date | July 31, 2019 |
| Running time | 1hr 57min |
| Starring | Kathryn Bernardo Alden Richards |
| Directed by | Cathy Garcia-Molina |
| Screenplay by | Carmi G. Raymundo Rona Co Crystal S. San Miguel Cathy Garcia-Molina |
| Produced by | Carlo L. Katigbak Olivia M. Lamasan |
| Cinematography by | Noel Teehankee |
| Edited by | Marya Ignacio |
| Music by | Jessie Q. Lasaten |
| Production Company | ABS-CBN Film Productions & Myriad Entertainment |
| Distributor | Star Cinema |
Hello, Love, Goodbye Movie Cast & Characters:
- Kathryn Bernardo as Joy Marie Fabregas:
- A nursing graduate who works as a domestic helper in Hong Kong.
- Alden Richards as Ethan Del Rosario:
- A bartender who is on his way to attaining Hong Kong residency status is relatively well off compared to Joy.
- Kakai Bautista as Sally Daraga
- Lito Pimentel as Mario Del Rosario
- Joross Gamboa as Jihim
- Maymay Entrata as Mary Dale Fabregas
- Lovely Abella as Gina Marikit
- Jameson Blake as Edward Del Rosario
- William Lorenzo as Celso Fabregas
- Anthony Jennings as Eric Del Rosario
- Wilbert Ross as Joey Fabregas
- Aliyah Billote as Liezel Fabregas
- Angela Poliquit as Annie
- Jon Go as Wayne
- Poon Po Lun Lilac as Lin (Annie’s mother)
- Pang Mei Sheung as PoPo (Mrs. Chung)
- Maricel Laxa as Lita
- Maxine Medina as Tanya
- Jerome Ponce as JM
Storyline:
Joy (Kathryn Bernardo) is a spunky, down-on-her-luck millennial who works as a domestic helper in Hong Kong. While she excels in her job and enjoys the friendship of many other empowered domestic helpers, she plans to leave the city soon.
In her journey to achieving her goals, Joy meets Filipino bartender Ethan (Alden Richards). Ethan is already building a permanent life in Hong Kong. In a few years, he will officially become a resident of the city. After escaping responsibilities all his life, Ethan now wants to commit to a career and to his family (who also reside in Hong Kong). Joy and Ethan soon develop a friendship. The two become each other’s joy against the grime and grind of Hong Kong.
Hello, Love, Goodbye Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Worldwide Collection | ₱880.6 million (US$17.4 million) |
About Hello, Love, Goodbye Movie:
The film is starred by Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards. Both are affiliated with the two major rival networks in the Philippines: Bernardo with ABS-CBN and Richards with GMA Network. The two also belongs to two different “love teams”: Bernardo with Daniel Padilla in Kathniel and Richards with Maine Mendoza in AlDub. Together, they play the role of two Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong who became romantically involved with each other. Director Cathy Garcia-Molina said that the two main cast members were not subjected to “baby or special treatment” for the film project.
Filming for Hello, Love, Goodbye in Hong Kong began in April 2019, amidst the early period of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, and was completed after a month.
Principal photography for the film ended by May 19, 2019, in Sucat, Parañaque.
Post-production work for Hello, Love, Goodbye was done in Bangkok, Thailand, with ABS-CBN Film Productions collaborating with Thai production firm Kantana Group. It was the first collaboration between the two firms.
Hello, Love, Goodbye is currently the highest-grossing Filipino film of all time after earning over ₱880.6 million worldwide gross revenue on September 3, 2019, replacing the film The Hows of Us which was also directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina.
The film on its opening day earned a total of ₱34.4 million from over 350 cinemas in the Philippines. After 17 days in cinemas, the film has grossed ₱603 million domestically.
It won several accolades, including Box Office Entertainment and PMPC Star awards.
A novel adaptation written of Hello, Love, Goodbye, authored by Palanca awardee Charmaine Lasar and published under ABS-CBN Books, was released on August 26, 2019. The novel also include additional narration on the backstory of Joy, about her life in the Philippines prior to moving to Hong Kong and an epilogue which was not depicted in the film. Behind-the-scenes information and on-set photos are also included in the novel.
On August 1, 2019, during the opening week of the film, lead actor Alden Richards and director Cathy Garcia-Molina expressed openness on working on a sequel for the film despite the latter’s confirming plans to retire from directing to focus on her family. On August 26, 2019, lead actress Kathryn Bernardo also expressed similar sentiments on doing a sequel for the film.
Hello, Love, Goodbye premiered in the Philippines on July 31, 2019, in 465 cinemas, a record. The international screenings started on August 1, 2019, and the film was released on August 9, 2019, in the United States and August 8, 2019, in the Middle East.
The film also made history in Saudi Arabia as the first Filipino film ever to be screened in the cinemas of Jeddah.
