Star Powerhouse

December 17, 2015 marks the exclusive screening of four short films by renowned director Brillante Mendoza. Each proudly Filipino film captures ordinary people who have extraordinary stories inside the four walls of Max’s Restaurant. Two proudly Filipino icons come as one to turn life’s minute moments to some of our fondest memories. On its 70th birthday Max’s Restaurant collaborated with award-winning director Brillante “Dante” Mendoza to make this vision not only a tangible, but more importantly, a heartfelt and lasting reality.  The best part is that Direk Dante and his team handpicked these stories straight from people whose lives were made more colourful and worthwhile by The House That Fried Chicken Built. In the first short film, Tagpuan, Mendoza tackles how true love transcends the test of time: An elderly woman faithfully shares her special birthday meal to the love of her life in their unlikely tagpuan.

Serbis. Kinatay. Kubrador. Lola. These are but some of the movies that made the name for Director Brillante Ma. Mendoza. Aside from receiving various praises and accolades from different film festivals around the world, these movies left a distinctive mark in the Philippine movie industry. All of them showcased the rather  obvious, but oftentimes neglected themes that are so close to every Filipinos hearts, so close we become all too familiar with it. Poverty, corruption, the filthy, the dark side of Filipino reality. these are trademarks normally equated with the name Brillante Mendoza. But at the start of 2016, another side of the filmmaker that is Direk Dante was exposed at the launch of ' Si Dante at si Max', a collection of 4 heartwarming stories that embody the values of every Juan and shared by the Filipino brand that has been trusted for years for it's succulent fried chicken--Max's Restaurant. held at SM Aura's Cinema 1, the special screening was att...