The story follows Luis Fajardo (Kent Gonzales), who returns to his home in Baguio to mourn the death of his twin sister.

He is welcomed by his parents—Rebecca (Sharon Cuneta) and Arturo (John Arcilla)—in their family, but they remain silent on the truth about the death of his sister.

[10] Matti and Dondon Monteverde of Reality Entertainment initially planned to create Kuwaresma in a smaller scale.

[11] Matti selected Baguio as the primary location due to its good food and weather, which he found conducive to filming.

For the house of the Fajardo family, a "beautiful" building which is also "scarred, elegant yet mysterious, welcoming yet somber, perfect yet slightly off", was used.

[13] Fred Hawson for ABS-CBN News also praised the film's technical aspects and Kent Gonzales's performance.