Mamu (and a Mother Too)

Mamu (and a Mother Too)

2018
2h 2min

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)

Storyline

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.
    Released
    12 October 2018
    Runtime
    2h 2min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Tagalog
    Production
    Cinema One Originals, Star Cinema – ABS-CBN Film Productions, Film Development Council of the Philippines
Cast
More like this
Made with
and
Logo
Nuxt Movies

Data provided by 

This project uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.