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Cast Dina Bonnevie, Edu Manzano, Rica Peralejo/ Also starring Raymond Bagatsing, Carlos Morales, Patricia Javier/ with Ces Quesada, Kristine Jaca, Maui Taylor, Archie Ventosa, Tony Amador, Chin Chin Gutierrez
A jealous woman gets even with her boyfriend by hiring the services of a hunk to pose as her ardent admirer. Achieving her purpose and with her boyfriend back in her arms, she severs ties with the hunk, but he refuses to end their relationship.
"Selosa" (1997)
OctoArts Films
Release Date February 26, 1997
Story and Screenplay Ricardo 'Ricky' Lee
Cinematography George Tutanes
Film Editor Ferren Salumbides
Production Design Edgar Martin Littaua
Musical Director Dionisio 'Nonong' Buemcamino
Executive Producer Orly R. Ilacad
Direction Mel Chionglo
Cast Rosanna Roces, Patrick Guzman, Emilio Garcia, Lara Morena/ Also starring Evangeline Pascual, Alicia Alonzo, Susan Africa, Patricia Perez, Randolf Reyes, Archie Ventosa/ Guest Appearance- Roy Rodrigo
Cinematography Johnny Araojo, Ramon Marcelino, Jun Pereira
Film Editor Renato de Leon
Production Design Edel Templonuevo
Musical Director Mon del Rosario
Direction Chito Rono
Cast Maricel Soriano, Gabby Concepcion, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Mat Ranillo III/ Also starring Mandy Ochoa, John Vallar/ Special Participation- Rina Reyes, Amado Cortes, Carol Dauden
Story and Screenplay Ricky Lee, Ishko Lopez, Mauro Gia Samonte
Cinematography Ricardo Jacinto, Johnny Araojo, Gener Bueneseda
Production Design Egay Littaua, Danny Evangelista, Ulay Tantoco
Film Editor Edmund Jarlego
Music Demet Vealasquez
Produced by Joey Gosiengfiao
Executive Producer Lily Monteverde
Direction Elwood Perez, Mel Chionglo, Mauro Gia Samonte
Cast Gabby Concepcion, Ruffa Gutierrez, together with Cristina Gonzales, Paola Salonga, Sylvia Sanchez and Tetchie Agbayani/ with Lorenzo Mara, Manjo del Mundo
Cast Nora Aunor, Gina Alajar, Lloyd Samartino, Dan Alvaro/ Also Starring Perla Bautista, RR Herrera, Melissa Mendez, Juan Rodrigo, Susan Africa, Ernie Zarate, Malou de Guzman, Julie Fe Navarro, Al-Rasheed
Cast Cesar Montano, Gretchen Barretto, Rita Avila, Raul Zaragoza/ Also Starring Romeo Rivera, Ramon D' Salva, Malou de Guzman, Dan Fernandez/ Guest star- Marita Zobel/ Introducing Ramil Tolentino
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Cast Gabby Concepcion, Aga Muhlach, Alice Dixson, Maricel Laxa/ with Nida Blanca, Helen Gamboa, Ronaldo Valdez/ Also Starring Mary Walter, Pocholo Montes, Bon Vivar, Miguel Faustman and Sylvia Sanchez/ Featuring Eva Ramos, Edgar Santiago, Mabel Salcedo, Robert Serrano, Anna Aldama, Hazwl Garcia, Byron Lozano, Dan Yniguez and Eric Garcia
Cast Christopher de Leon, Dina Bonnevie, with Charo Santos, Bembol Roco, Allan Paule, Francis Magalona, William Lorenzo, Timmy Diwa and Eddie Garcia/ Also Starring Perla Bautista, Anita Linda, Ernie Zarate, Rey Ventura, Tess Dumpit
Synopsis: Jonathan (Allan Paule) dreams of becoming a pilot and hopes that by joining Eric’s (William Lorenzo) gang, he could find a backer for his studies. His mother, a take home meals caterer, isn’t happy over his affiliation as she feels he is being treated like a servant by the rich brats.
Jonathan is introduced to starlets and brought to parties. One night, in a disco, he sees the former star, Rachel (Dina Bonnevie), inebriated and dancing alone. He introduces himself to her. Rachel is unnerved by his lack of sophistication and orders him to get a light and a drink. When he returns to her table, she is gone.
Rachel is the mistress of a powerful mayor, Edmundo Guatlo (Eddie Garcia). He supports her and her family. However, he is the jealous sort and does not want her to appear in movies anymore. He cannot stomach seeing her in the arms of her leading men. He has his right hand man, Falcon (Bembol Roco), tail her wherever she goes.
One night, outside the disco, Rachel’s date is messed up by Falcon’s men. Jonathan helps Rachel get away. This is the beginning of their friendship.
It is election time. Edmundo’s wife wants him to project a moral image and asks him to get rid of his mistress. Edmundo tells Rachel to adopt a low profile. Rachel agrees in exchange for the release of her boyfriend, Levy (Christopher de Leon), who has been imprisoned for several years.
Edmundo acquiesces but has other plans for Levy. He wants him to assassinate his political opponent, Tuazon (Ray Ventura). Levy aims his high powered rifle at him during a political rally. With his rival removed, Guatlo now wants Levy dead.
With the help of Jonathan and his friends, Rachel and Levy run away from Edmundo’s men. However, Falcon holds her parents as hostages. In trying to rescue them, Levy is shot. Her parents and some of Jonathan’s friends are also killed. Rachel now tries to outsmart Edmundo. She makes a tape recording of their conversation. In a political rally, Rachel inserts the cassette into the sound system. There is bedlam when it is played. Rachel is shot by Falcon but she is happy in having exposed the Guatlos.
Synopsis: Pol’s (Allan Paule) boyfriend, Larry, is a U.S. serviceman who is ending his tour of duty. He has been giving ample amounts to Pol which is used to augment the family’s meager income. Now the two are separating and Pol has to find a job. Pol’s friend, Greg, tells him to go to Manila where he could make a living as a macho dancer. Although his parents think he is working as a waiter, Greg is actually a successful hustler. He is now going to Japan to join his Japanese boyfriend.
In Manila, Pol is brought to see the mama-san of D’Pogi Niteclub. His crotch is felt approvingly and he is allowed to work. He is surprised to see the brazenness of the front act --- young boys like him masturbating in front of a largely foreign crowd. In the comfort room, he witnesses two male prostitutes thrashing a confrere. The fight is stopped by a short tomboy bouncer. The bruised one’s name is Noel (Daniel Fernando), who advises him to leave the club and instead work in a decent one ---Mama
Charlie’s. He invites him to live in his one-room apartment in Quiapo.
Pol is accepted by Mama Charlie and is introduced to the other guys. He is warned about Dennis (William Lorenzo) who is a dope pusher and an agent of Kid (Johnny Vicar), a crooked cop.
Dennis and Noel are partners in an act that calls for them to shower and make love together. Pol is taught the movements of macho dancing. He is a fast learner and is soon allowed to join the pros on stage.
On a free night, Noel introduces Pol to his female friends: Bambi (Jacklyn Jose) and her gang. They are prostitutes plying the Ermita trade and are often high on drugs. Bambi is attracted to Pol. But there is something on Noel’s mind that night. He is thinking of his sister, Pining (Princess Punzalan), whom he left in the province. He has been informed that she suddenly disappeared and that she could be the captive of white slavery gangs preying in remote areas. According to his information, she could be in one of the heavily guarded red houses in Manila.
With the help of Pol, he combs the prostitution dens of the city. They finally find her in one of the Chinatown brothels protected by Kid. They plot her escape but Noel is caught and shot by Kid. Pining is given Noel’s savings passbook and goes back to the province. Pol lies in wait for Kid and, seizing an opportunity, shoots him.
Pol now tries to convince Bambi to give up streetwalking and join him in the province. But she is practical and knows that he cannot afford her lifestyle. They break up as friends.
It is again a gay night at Mama Charlie’s. Pol dances for the last time on stage.
Directors of Photography Ricardo Jacinto, Rody Lacap
Production Designer Edgar Martin Littaua
Film Editor Efren Jarlego
Musical Director Max Jocson
Executive Producer Lily Monteverde
Direction Mel Chionglo
Cast Maricel Soriano, Janice de Belen, Gina Alajar, Leni Santos, Carmina Villarroel, Edu Manzano, Rowell Santiago and Richard Gomez/ Also Starring Anita Linda, Mario Escudero, Bing Davao, Evelyn Vargas, Vangie Labalan, Tita De Villa, Aida Carmona/ Special Participation- Liza Lorena
Original theatrical poster of Regal Films' "Babaing Hampaslupa" (1988)
Cast Eddie Gutierrez, Pilar Pilapil, Liza Lorena, Raymond Lauchengco, Ramon Christopher, Gigi dela Riva, Isabel Granada and Janice de Belen/ Also Starring Noel Colet, Roy Alvarez
Cast Susan Roces, Hilda Koronel, Eddie Garcia, Janice de Belen, Aga Muhlach, Snooky Serna, Richard Gomez, Katrin Gonzales/ Also Starring Chanda Romero, Anita Linda
Private Show was made in 1984 and was released locally in 1986 and won the Star Best Actress Award for the young Jaclyn Jose. The movie was the directorial debut of Chito Roño, who used the pseudonym Sixto Kayco in the credits.
Chito Roño is the eldest of seven children of Jose Roño, the former Minister of Local Government of the Marcos regime. His decision to join show business came as a surprise to the Roño family. With a full bachelor’s degree in filmmaking at the School for Social Research in New York, he ventured into film directing.
“My mother was shocked when she saw my first movie, Private Show, which was about the lives of toro/torrera or live sex performers,” he said in a newspaper article. “Hindi niya ako mapatawad because she is very religious. I told her it’s be much better if she wouldn’t watch my films na lang. My father was more liberal. He explained to her that it was just an exploitation film kundi art din.”
Private Show tells of a seventeen-year old girl, Myrna (Jaclyn Jose) who is forced to work as a torrera (live sex performer) under Ador (Leopoldo Salcedo), owner and maintainer of the casa or toro house. She and her colleagues get free board and lodging in the casa and even alcohol which they use before and after the sex act. Myrna is attracted to her partner, Jimmy (Gino Antonio) which eventually becomes her boyfriend. After witnessing some deplorable scenes, Myrna decides to leave the casa and lives with Jimmy. They have a brief romantic interlude and, for the first time, their sexual trysts exude the true feelings of affection which are lacking when they mechanically perform their jobs at the casa. But, this short period of love and hope does not last. Myrna has grown dependent on drugs, Jimmy’s kidney trouble bothers him once more and they simply cannot make both ends meet. Myrna returns to the casa a broken individual, without the will to fight. She keeps popping in more prohibited pills and death comes quietly to claim her during a party that is meant to celebrate her maintainer’s expansion in the trade.
Jaclyn Jose and Gino Antonio in "Private Show" (1986)
(Synopsis): Pinang (Emily Loren) is made a waitress in Mang Estong’s restaurant which has rooms for short-time trysts upstairs . Her boyfriend, Rodel (Patrick de la Rosa), a working student, visits her. He is saving enough money for their wedding. Although they engage in passionate kissing, Pinang refuses to have sex with him, wanting to remain pure for their wedding. Pinang is chided for meeting with her boyfriend. Mrs. Antiporda is anxious she might become pregnant. In order to teach her a lesson, she tells Mang Estong (Renato del Prado) to rape her. The experience is bitter to Pinang who prizes her virginity.
Joy (Sarsi Emmanuelle) is preened in a beauty parlor and is brought to a disco where she is swept by the charms of Allan (Ricky Davao). She gives in to his advances and after a few torrid bedroom bouts, she wakes up to find another man making love to her. It turns out that Allan is a pimp. Joy threatens to call the police but Mrs. Antiporda says that her operations are protected by the authorities. Allan tells her to be practical as she will be making lots of money. Who knows, she might find a foreigner who will marry her.
With the ugly side of their employment revealed, Joy tells Lynette (Jacklyn Jose), the youngest of the three, who is still waiting for her assignment, to run away. She gives her some money. But Lynette is caught by Bigote (Jimmy Santos) who rapes her. For being the instigator, Joy is also raped by the men. The two girls cry their hearts out after the brutalizing experience.
Pinang is brought back from the restaurant. She also threatens to call the police, but
Mrs. Antiporda laughs at it. No one would listen to her. Also, if she does return home, her town will not accept her as a defiled woman.
The three are now fulltime prostitutes in the brothel. They are closely guarded with the other women. One night, Pinang and Joy try to escape. Pinang manages to steal a knife and stabs one of the men. However, they are caught and locked inside a room.
Lynette is made to service customers, much against her will. She proves to be uncooperative. Bigote forces her to take drugs.
Allan still gets Joy for his hotel service. She is now less recalcitrant and listens to him. One night, he suggests that she and her two companions appear in a porn video. Joy convinces them to appear in an orgy scene directed by a foreigner.
Pinang begs Joy to ask Allan to allow her to see Rodel. She promises not to put them in any precarious situation. Allan reluctantly agrees and she meets Rodel in front of Jade Valley. She is brought to his boarding house where they have sex. She is happy to know that Rodel still loves her.
Lynette comes up with the news that she is pregnant. Joy is adamant that she gets an abortion because she won‘t be able to work with a fat stomach. Lynette protests that it would be against God’s will but counters it is also against His will if she couldn’t work. Mrs. Antiporda gets a midwife to perform the abortion. She starts to bleed. Joy begs her to get a real doctor, but the request is turned down. Lynette dies and her body is quietly removed in the dark of night.
Joy and Pinang are now desperate to leave. Joy manages to get into Mrs. Antiporda’s quarters and uses the phone. He calls Rodel who poses as a customer. He sheds a tear when he sees his loved one huddled with other girls in a waiting area visible through a glass door. He points to the two girls who are brought to a room. He has alerted the police and plans their escape. However, Joy is caught and tries to stab Bigote with a kitchen knife. But Bigote’s strength deflects her thrust and Joy is stabbed by her own hand. The police finally arrive and Joy is led out bleeding. She appears in the front pages of the newspapers bannering the raid.
(Source: Lino Brocka: The Artist and His Times)
"White Slavery" (1985)
Special People Productions
Release Date July 25, 1985
Story and Screenplay Ricardo Lee
Direction Lino Brocka
Cast Sarsi Emmanuelle, Emily Loren Jaclyn Jose, Patrick de la Rosa, Ricky Davao
Digitally restored and remastered by Philippine Film Archive
Cast Lorna Tolentino, Gina Alajar, Sandy Andolong, Anna Marin/ Also Starring Juan Rodrigo, Michael Sandico, Ronald Bregendahl, Lito Pimentel, Mia Gutierrez, Christopher Ng and Manny Luna/ Special Guests- Laurice Guillen, Ramil Rodriguez, Ernie Garcia, Odette Khan, Claire dela Fuente
