Kita Kita (I See You; キタ キタ) is a 2017 Philippine romantic comedy film written and directed by Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo, and starring Alessandra de Rossi and Empoy Marquez. Set in Sapporo, Japan,[6] the film follows Lea (De Rossi), a Filipino tourist guide living in Japan who goes blind having witnessed her Japanese fiancè's infidelity. Afterwhile, fellow Filipino and charmer Tonyo (Marquez) makes a sudden appearance and befriends the visually impaired Lea in best possible ways and eventually they fall for one another. The film is a co-production between Piolo Pascual's and Joyce Bernal's Spring Films, and Viva Films. Kita Kita had its world premiere in Japan at the 12th Osaka Asian Film Festival in March 2017[7] before expanding to a wider release in the Philippines on July 19, 2017 to highly positive reviews. The film has been deemed a sleeper hit,[11] grossing ₱100 million in its first week and ₱240 million the following week, against a modest budget of ₱10 million. In its third week it reached ₱300 million, making it the highest-grossing Philippine independent film. In 2017, Kita Kita was selected among the romantic-comedy films considered the best in the last 25 years, as polled by CNN Philippines.
Plot: Kita kita: Lea (Alessandra de Rossi) and Tonyo (Empoy Marquez) are two Filipinos living in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Lea is a Velo taxi tour guide. She suffers an accident which leads to her being affected by temporary blindness. Her blindness, if not cured in a few weeks, could become permanent. Tonyo is also a Filipino who lives right across from Lea. Lea tries her best to ignore him at first because she is scared of not seeing him. But Tonyo is persistent and is determined to be her friend, using humor and kindness to make a connection. With every effort that he makes, the two gradually become closer. In an ironic way, becoming blind allows Lea to see the true character of Tonyo.