Seduction

About Seduction

Seduction is a 2013 Filipino erotic thriller drama film directed by Peque Gallaga and starring GMA Network's exclusive actors Richard Gutierrez, Solenn Heussaff, and Sarah Lahbati. The film was produced by Regal Films and was released on January 30, 2013.

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Cast

Richard Gutierrez as Ram

Solenn Heussaff as Sophia

Sarah Lahbati as Trina

Mark Gil as Fidel

Jay Manalo as Ervin

Yayo Aguila as Dolor

Vangie Labalan as Viring

Al Tantay as Lucas

Shyr Valdez as Yolanda

Jon Orlando as Marcel

Rodjun Cruz

Reception

Although reviews were mostly positive, the film was a Philippine box office bomb.

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Notable quotes

“Challenge, and not desire, lies at the heart of seduction.”
— Jean Baudrillard, The Ecstasy of Communication, pp. 57-59 (1987)
“Distinctive signs, full signs, never seduce us.”
— Jean Baudrillard, The Ecstasy of Communication, pp. 57-59 (1987)
“A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation of adultery is for laymen and the yearning for riches is for secular ecclesiastics, the seduction of knowledge is for monks.”
— Umberto Eco, (1980)
“Your greatest power in seduction is your ability to turn away, to make others come after you, delaying their satisfaction.”
— Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction (2001)
“Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves.”
— Hippocrates, Oath of Hippocrates (c. 400 BC)
“Moderates and liberals are not immune to the theory's seductive charms—especially when it gives them a chance to lecture others on their failings.”
— Paul Krugman, "The Hangover Theory", Slate (Dec. 4, 1998)

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