Under the influence of the Cinema One Originals and Cinemalaya festivals, "bold" shifted from voyeuristic pleasure to narrative punctuation. For Montelibano and Joseph, boldness meant:

Mark Joseph plays Rico, a struggling artist who becomes obsessed with her stoic beauty.

A landmark adult drama for both actors. It featured Lala Montelibano in her debut role as Karina, a college student involved in a complex web of secrets. Laruang Putik

Below are the key films in which they appeared together or that defined their careers in this genre: Collaborative Films