Filipino Stars Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino on Big Screen Romance ‘My Love Will Make You Disappear’: ‘It’s the Best Time for People to Watch This in Cinemas’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Naman Ramachandran Filipino stars Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino opened up about their first big-screen collaboration, “My Love Will Make You Disappear,” revealing the journey that brought together the dynamic pair whose combined social media following tops 40 million.

The romantic comedy, produced by ABS-CBN’s Star Cinema — one of the exhibitors at Hong Kong FilMart — will be released globally March 28. “I think this movie — romance and comedy — it’s a Filipino thing that our culture really loves, about two people falling in love with each other,” Chiu tells Variety. “It’s the best time for people to watch this in cinemas because there’s a lot of things happening around us, a lot of problems people are dealing with.” Directed by Chad Vidanes and written by Patrick Valencia and Isabella Policarpio, the film follows Sari (Chiu), a woman convinced she’s cursed because every man she loves vanishes.

When she meets Jolo (Avelino), a brooding landlord struggling with a failing apartment complex, they join forces to save a community from displacement.

The “KimPau” pairing, as fans affectionately call them, was years in the making. Avelino says he’s wanted to work with Chiu since 2011. “I was so young then, and I was looking for someone similar to my age that I could work with.