Friends that get high together could fall together. It’s never a pretty sight, but see how brilliant director Brillante Mendoza created a movie out of this sad reality in Alapaap streaming on Vivamax this November.

Josef Elizalde, Katrina Dovey, Ali Asistio, Andrea Garcia, Cheska Paredes and Luke Selby complete the cast of friends who experience hallucinations because of substance abuse while on a trip.

As they can no longer identify what is real from what is not, how can they snap out of the situation? What made them turn to drugs in the first place?

Josef plays Erik Bengzon, a Filmmaking student eager to finish his thesis and to graduate soon.

His parents, both doctors, are not happy about his chosen field of study, thus resulting in their constant disagreements.

Katrina plays Antonette Mercado, an only child to a former congressman and a socialite. She witnesses her father’s suicide at a young age.

She carries the trauma while her mom detaches herself from Antonette.

Ali is Paul Plana, a spoiled brat son of a high-ranking police officer. He helps Erik with his thesis and supplies drugs to him and their peers.

Paul is a drug user himself.

Luke plays Adolf Fuller, Paul’s cousin from the US who is in town for a vacation. He goes with the flow, is a closet queen and is infatuated with Erik.

Andrea is Cathy Delgado, Paul’s girlfriend who is a bisexual. Coming from a broken family, she carries an affair with Joyce.

Chesca plays lesbian Joyce Amores. Orphaned at a young age, she is raised by her grandmother who is a devout catholic.

Angela tackles a crucial role as the subject of Erik’s short film.

Follow these drug-dependent friends as they escape to a place where a local tribe and shamans exist. Will these problematic bunch ever be able to distinguish between fantasy and reality in Alapaap?

Direk Brillante’s no-script style of filmmaking was in force in this movie and newcomer British actor Luke shared in an interview how scared he was at first.

But the workshop he had with the director helped.

His co-stars are all familiar faces to Vivamax viewers.

Directed by young filmmaker Freidric Macapagal Cortez, Alapaap starts streaming on Vivamax on November 18.