Mamu (and a Mother Too)

Mamu (and a Mother Too)

122 mins | Comedy | Oct. 12, 2018

A transgender sex worker in her late 40s along Fields Avenue whose only aspiration is to have breast implants for her profession unexpectedly assumes the role of a mother to her orphaned niece, a transgender youth who is only beginning to discover her own sexuality. As she works more shifts to save for her implants, troubles arise when she begins to feel the weight of her struggles – being an aging sex worker in fast-evolving society, a partner to her young fiancé, and a parent to a teenager she just met. Her difficult confrontations eventually lead her to a new attitude towards life, and a unique recipe to a famous Kapampangan dish, Sisig.

Mamu (and a Mother Too)

122 mins | Comedy | Oct. 12, 2018

Mamu (and a Mother Too)
A transgender sex worker in her late 40s along Fields Avenue whose only aspiration is to have breast implants for her profession unexpectedly assumes the role of a mother to her orphaned niece, a transgender youth who is only beginning to discover her own sexuality. As she works more shifts to save for her implants, troubles arise when she begins to feel the weight of her struggles – being an aging sex worker in fast-evolving society, a partner to her young fiancé, and a parent to a teenager she just met. Her difficult confrontations eventually lead her to a new attitude towards life, and a unique recipe to a famous Kapampangan dish, Sisig.
Producers Star Cinema – ABS-CBN Film Productions, Cinema One Originals, Film Development Council of the Philippines
Original title Mamu (and a Mother Too)
Directors Easy Ferrer, Rod Singh
Writers Rod Singh

Cast

Iyah Mina

as Mamu

Arron Villaflor

as Vincent

EJ Jallorina

as Bona

Markus Paterson

as Kiko

Jovani Manansala

as Franco