Dead Stars is basically a love story about a man named Alfredo Salazar who incidentally meets a woman he fell in love with while engaged to his fiancée.
Compared to
other Filipino love stories, Dead Stars is the
most unusual because of its plot – having a complex main character, falling drastically in love with another woman as he is engaged to his fiancée for four years.
Also, it illustrates Filipino culture where society greatly affects how we make decisions. Alfredo could have pursued Julia when she left, but instead, he married Esperanza because that is what the Filipino society dictates, plus the fact that it was set during the 20s or 30s.
Moreover, I think what makes Dead Stars appealing is that it contains artistic symbols such as from the title itself, Dead Stars.
Scientifically, these are stars that have long been gone which can still be seen because the light which they gave off move slowly through the galaxies, making it appear like the actual star is still there when it is not.
In the same way, Alfredo thought that he really loved Julia but when they saw each other again, the love he thought was possible never was. Just like a dead star, the love did not exist.
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