Booba, newly arrived in the bustling metropolis (her choice of transportation from her far flung province, where her family owns a profitable fruit stand, should be seen to be believed), moves from an all-male dormitory (with its hole-infested bathroom door, for better peeping of course) where she worked the nights as a go-go dancer, to a Filipino-Chinese household where she worked as a nanny to an overfed eight year old, before ending up as the police's top secret agent.
Gen. Lee
Gen. Dionisio
Luis
Ranza
Bimbo
Jimbo
Booba, newly arrived in the bustling metropolis (her choice of transportation from her far flung province, where her family owns a profitable fruit stand, should be seen to be believed), moves from an all-male dormitory (with its hole-infested bathroom door, for better peeping of course) where she worked the nights as a go-go dancer, to a Filipino-Chinese household where she worked as a nanny to an overfed eight year old, before ending up as the police's top secret agent.
2001-01-24
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Four women named Res, Gay, Dolly, and Brite who swore to be friends forever, become domestic helpers when they go over to another country. However, Res is beaten to death by her employers, making the other three worry because her husband gave her one condition if she comes with her friends: that she comes home safe, sound and alive. Brite, Gay, and Dolly decide to bring their dead friend Res home.
Marshall Thompson stars in this MGM drama about a young soldier's devotion to a horse he rescues during WWII. (Not to be confused with "Adventures of Gallant Bess", another film released two years later.)
Tania, a broken-hearted woman, is welcomed to the neighborhood by Catherine and Delilah, the gossiping wives next door. She learns all about their dirty little secrets.
A popular teen's dream to be crowned Prom Queen is threatened when she discovers she is pregnant with something even worse than her dumb jock boyfriend’s offspring.
Children are shown what it is like to live in a world without rules.
As told by real-world sex workers, the documentary Whores on Film, navigates the history of sex work in cinema and the stereotypes that have engrained themselves in film language. The clichés of the sex worker as unable to receive or give love, lacking in agency, desperate and even unredeemable, are presented with overflowing evidence from some of Hollywood's most respected films. A fascinating insight into how cinema impacts real-world communities and a hopeful argument for the power of cinema to comfort and inspire.
To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along with his friend Narciso from the newspaper they worked, Tin Tan trying to sell a movie plot. A woman looking to buy it and Tin Tan will visit her in a gloomy mansion where a mess is unleashed.
A deranged killer escapes into the Canadian woods. He tries to fool the locals by pretending he is a well known mystery writer, but the local Mountie starts to get suspicious.
Life Is a Trumpet has a loose jazz musician as the groom, a butcher as his father, and two families of different backgrounds whose members are not as different as one might expect.
A master of disguise poses as a wax figure to rob a safe of its jewels.
Mr. swag boss's world gets turned upside down when his tank explodes in the fields of China whilst playing a friendly game of CS:GO. Find out how he loosens the tight grip the radical government has over China's people.
From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their number, who returns for just a short period. For the first time in 25 years, Sonho is reunited with his family in Tokyo after being allowed to undergo an operation there. Sonho’s younger sister Rie is at the centre of the film, and is not hard to recognise as the director’s alter-ego. In her documentaries DEAR PYONGYANG and SONA, THE OTHER MYSELF, Yang Yonghi told the story of her own life, and how, at age six, she experienced the departure of her three older brothers, who left their family for Pyongyang.
Midland's businessman Paul Downes hires a castle in Jamaica and invites 12 young Ukrainian women to join him in the hope one will marry him. Paul suffers bi-polar disorder and has a manic episode - his plans turn bizarre and troubling.
Femme fatale causing death to anyone she ever crossed paths with.
A story about Fred a kid janitor that substitutes for his mother who has kidney disease. Fred listens from outside the classroom of Ma’m Ami, hoping to give his mother a better life in the future.
A frustrated, ambitious, self-centered and narcissistic filmmaker named Hapi has finally finished writing the screenplay of his first ever indie film which he believes is a masterpiece. Overeager, he enlists the help of his best friends, the comical Caloy and the voice of reason, Onyok, to make his dream movie. The only problem is, they have no budget to produce it.Residing in a poverty stricken community that is highly dependent on the Indian 5-6 cash loan system, which includes his own sister Rowena, Hapi, out of desperation, finally resorts to borrowing money from the community’s main Indian lender, Alfajor. However, things become worse for Hapi when his nemesis, the neighborhood midget thug named Oblax, steals his borrowed money. Deep in debt, burdened by his father, his dream movie project put on hold, and a seemingly bleak future with his current love interest, Cherry.
The Philippines is being geared up to be interconnected through a system called One Wired Nation (OWN). This would allow faster and easier access to information across the country, from the smallest barangay to Malacañang. With OWN, progress is inevitable, says Bert Javelo from Prime Connections, the company who won the contract to build and manage OWN. Bert promises instant service and progress to the country. But Pia Gorospe is not convinced and smells something wrong.
Doring is a 24-year old girl who is engaged in a sport that is not common to Filipino women-boxing. This in her desire to alleviate her family from poverty which is slowly devouring them. Her mother Idang is a fish vendor whose hope she leaves on to God. Her brother Aloy is a cynical teenager who is hopeless about the future and just going with the flow of the times. Her youngest sibling Uno is fast growing up discovering the stark realities of life and is slowly losing his innocence. Desperate and tired of living a miserable life and working in a palengke, Doring enters into amateur boxing in the hope of being discovered and go big time in the professional level. This is not just a fight for her dream but a battle of survival for her family.
On the outside, they are as opposite as north and south. Ella is a responsible young woman working very hard to fend for her family; Caloy is a happy-go-lucky guy who never had any problems with money. But love knows no boundary. They meet and fall in love. With Ella in his life, Caloy finds direction. But while Caloy is enjoying his new life, Ella finds it hard to combine relationship and responsibility.
A woman (Ynez Veneracion) who was maltreated during her younger years (Aiza Marquez played the young role) gets revenge on the people who abused her.
In the hope of landing a job that will eventually enable her to pay for her sister's operation Tinay leaves her small fishing village and heads for Manila. With only her dreams accompanying her she arrives in the big city and how! She gets hit by a car but that proves to be a blessing in disguise because the accident leads her to her employment. She then meets Randy the son of her boss whose girlfriend Sylvia has been goading that they get married. But Randy feels that he's not yet ready to settle down and when he refuses to marry her Sylvia hooks up with another guy in a desperate attempt to make him change his mind.
Blondie (Vivian Velez) is personified as three things: a hardworking businesswoman, a wife who’s been cheated on, and a mother of three. She is a 50-something woman with poor eyesight who works as an upfront candle vendor outside Quiapo church and sells Cytotec, an abortion pill, on the side.
Monette, a single mom who rises from her hardships and obstacles in life to become a self-made, is a successful career woman. She then meets Paquito, a widower with three kids. Despite their age gap, is there a chance for their love affair to prosper?
It tells the story of Calix, the chef of an upscale Filipino restaurant, who crosses path with Val, a food blogger and aspiring magazine editor.
It follows Ben and Jen whose relationship is put to test as they embark on a trip of a lifetime to Jen's lifelong dream destination Iceland.
A young woman develops romantic feelings for her best friend, but problems arise when another gal enters the picture.
When a supernatural entity has a poor struggling single mother, her children have no one to turn to except Ella Arcangel, a young girl endowed with magic and empathy.
Two male best friends have their relationship tested when it turns out that one is in love with the other.
An urban legend in Western Visayas about a captain with a hair-raising secret.
A political family tries to hold on to their integrity and reputation as they face a difficult crisis.
A college heartthrob meets a college newbie - a challenge, a tension, a discovery, and a love that will change everything between them.
An Aeta from Baytan village in Zambales makes a living from cutting down and burning of trees and hunting on the foothills of Mt. Pinatubo.