A Secret Affair

A Secret Affair is a 2012 Filipino romantic drama film directed by Nuel Naval and starring Anne Curtis, Derek Ramsay and Andi Eigenmann. A love triangle story, it was released on October 24, 2012, in more than 200 theaters in the Philippines by Viva Films.

Synopsis

The seemingly happy couple Rafi Delgado and Anton are shattered when on the eve of their wedding, Rafi suddenly gets cold feet and flees to the U.S. Hurt and confused, Anton starts a relationship with Sam Montinola, one of Rafi's friends. Sam's obsession with Anton becomes a problem when Rafi returns and wants to work things out with Anton.

Cast

Main cast

Anne Curtis as Rafaela "Rafi" Delgado
Andi Eigenmann as Samantha "Sam" Montinola
Derek Ramsay as Anton Delgado

Supporting cast

Joel Torre as Jimmy Delgado
Jaclyn Jose as Ellen Delgado
Jackie Lou Blanco as Catelyn "Cate" Montinola
Johnny Revilla as Manuel

Extended cast

Shy Carlos as May Delgado
IC Mendoza as Miggy Bernal
Say Alonzo as Paula Daza
Gee-Ann Abraham as Katie
Paul Jake Castillo as Kevin
Kian Kazemi as Miguel
Ashley Rivera as Amie Ignacio / Petra Mahalimuyak
Jocelyn Oxlade as Marielle Ignacio
Tim Yap as Tim

Guest cast

Nina Girado as herself

Production

Background and development

In March 2012, Viva Films announced that a follow-up to the blockbuster film, No Other Woman, is going to hit the big screen soon. The cast was composed of today's hottest celebrities, Anne Curtis, Derek Ramsay.
Andi Eigenmann replaced KC Concepcion in the film. Since the role was created based on KC Concepcion's age, the script had to be changed and the story had to be made to suit Andi Eigenmann.
Two months before the film's release, its title was also changed from Nothing Compares To You to A Secret Affair.

Multimedia and merchandise

On October 28, 2012, the official movie soundtrack was released with its carrier single "Don't Say Goodbye" by Nina and other classic OPM songs were compiled part of its official soundtrack.

Official trailer

The official trailer of A Secret Affair was released on September 26, 2012, via YouTube. In the span of two weeks, the trailer already hit over 1 million views. It was also included in the list of YouTube's trending videos alongside popular foreign videos.
An HD Quality trailer of A Secret Affair was also released on the same day.

Uncut trailer

Viva Films released the uncut trailer of A Secret Affair on October 10, 2012. An Extended Version of Uncut scenes for its press release trailer was released the same day with the music video.

Music video

Soul Siren Nina performed the movie's theme song, "Don't Say Goodbye". A music video was released on October 10, 2012, and got positive feedback from the online community.

Online release

Trailer

On September 26, VIVA Films released the official trailer via YouTube and trended right away on Twitter. A Secret Affair, Official Trailer, Andi Eigenmann and #ASecretAffair were included on Twitter's list of trending topics. The film received positive feedback including the impression that Anne Curtis will once again win the FAMAS Best Actress Award.

Facebook page

A Facebook page was also created to engage fans in an interactive discussion about the movie. News updates, photos, teasers and posters are posted on A Secret Affair's Official Facebook page.

Box office

According to Viva Films, A Secret Affair, which some may have thought a sequel to last year's mega blockbuster film No Other Woman produced by Star Cinema and Viva Films, earned a whopping PHP 20 Million pesos in box-office on its first day of showing on October 24 - a PHP 5 Million pesos higher than the first day earnings of Anne, Derek and Cristine Reyes' movie. On the first four days in cinemas, the film earned a total of PHP 55,932,553. On its first six days in cinemas, the film already garnered a total of PHP 100 million, but in contrary to the report, Box Office Mojo confirms that the film only got PHP 95,174,565 on its first week and including the days of the second week run. As of its 4th and final week of showing, the film earned PHP 118,424,018; a sure box office hit but quite low compared to other movies of its genre like In the [Name of Love (2011 film)|In the Name of Love], No Other Woman, The Mistress and One More Try. The film is now ranked as List of [highest-grossing films in the Philippines#Local films|5th highest grossing Filipino films of 2012] and 17th placed in the all-time highest-grossing local films in the Philippines.