In Flipzoids, Aran's character immerses her face in the Pacific to revive memories of her seaside birthplace in Ilocos.

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In November, the play will be presented in Manila, Baguio and Ilocos, the northern Philippine region where part of the drama is set.

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Another dream-meets-reality scene taxes the audience's wits by juxtaposing a movie screening in Ilocos with an intimate moment between Simeon and his white girlfriend Patrice.

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Just as in The Godfather, where New York alternates with Sicily, so in Nation the immigrant life in Alaska and California parallels the farmer's lot in the Ilocos region.

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