{"id":550016,"date":"2026-03-19T06:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/550016\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:44:11","slug":"jean-garcia-arra-san-agustin-to-lead-filipino-drama-the-blind-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/550016\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Garcia & Arra San Agustin To Lead Filipino Drama \u2018The Blind Cook\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Cameras have started rolling on The Blind Cook<\/a> (Kusinerang Bulag), a Filipino feature directed by Hugo \u201cBoboy\u201d Yonzon III, with Jean Garcia and Arra San Agustin signed on as leads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tYonzon directs from a screenplay he also wrote. The film is executive produced by Marilyn Magampon Manila and Cyrene Grace Lubigan.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film\u2019s official synopsis reads: The Blind Cook follows Luz, a young chef who loses her sight after tragedy but refuses to abandon her family\u2019s restaurant, discovering that resilience \u2014 like cooking \u2014 requires learning to trust senses beyond sight.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe cast is rounded out by Victor Neri (Baler, BuyBust), Samantha Samarita, and Madeleine Nicolas. Jean Garcia\u2019s daughter, Jennica Garcia, also features in the film. The pair play a fictional mother and daughter in the film.<\/p>\n

\n\tPrincipal photography is taking place in Iloilo City and Batanes Island. The project is the second film from Filipino production company Bente Productions. The company was behind I Remember You, the 2025 Boracay-set romance drama starring JC Santos and Valeen Montenegro. The company launched its slate this week at Filmart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDescribing the film in a statement, director Yonzon said food and family form the story\u2019s emotional core.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn Filipino culture, food is how people gather and care for one another,\u201d Yonzon said. \u201cIt\u2019s how affection is expressed in the family. Life brings challenges to everyone. The real story is how people respond when something difficult happens. That\u2019s where resilience begins.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFilmart ends March 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Cameras have started rolling on The Blind Cook (Kusinerang Bulag), a Filipino feature directed by Hugo \u201cBoboy\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,272090,344,272091],"class_list":["post-550016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-filmart","tag-movies","tag-the-blind-cook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}