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Director:
Brillante Mendoza
Writers:
Boots Agbayani Pastor (screenplay)
Boots Agbayani Pastor (story)
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Release Date:
19 October 2005 (Philippines) more
Genre:
Drama more
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Awards:
9 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
inspired film more

Cast

  (in credits order)
Coco Martin ... Iliac
Jacklyn Jose ... Naty
Allan Paule ... Alfredo / Marina Hidalgo
Katherine Luna ... Tessa
Paolo Rivero ... Andrew
Kristoffer King ... Lester
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Directed by
Brillante Mendoza 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Boots Agbayani Pastor  screenplay
Boots Agbayani Pastor  story
Brillante Mendoza  story

Produced by
Marissa Cua Dante .... executive producer
Ihman Esturco .... supervising producer
Fedelyn T. Geling .... executive producer
Ma. Lourdes Gnileg .... executive producer
Venus Mungcal .... executive producer
Coco Simmo .... line producer
 
Original Music by
Jerrold Tarog 
 
Cinematography by
Timmy Jimenez 
Monchie Redoble 
 
Film Editing by
Nonoy Dadivas 
Herbert Navasca 
 
Production Design by
Benjamin Padero 
 
Sound Department
Rudy Gonzales .... sound
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Masseur (International: English title) (New Zealand: English title) (festival title) (Philippines: English title) (USA)
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Runtime:
Philippines:76 min | Canada:80 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Philippines
Language:
Filipino | Tagalog | English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Philippines:R-18 | Hong Kong:III | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:R | Australia:R (2007)
Company:
Centerstage Productions more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
inspired film, 13 July 2006
10/10
Author: Cha cha Heel from United States

this movie really impressed me, there's a lot going on here. the structure is extremely cunning, the manipulation of time is not pointless as with so many contemporary art films, there is a real payoff, in fact the disruption of temporal unity is here a very subtle instrument with very definite and easily understood and appreciated reasons for the film playing out this way. there are a number of unforgettable scenes and sequences, very touching ones, very clever ones, very meaningful. the basic idea of the movie is so ... daring and deep . . . the filmmakers almost revel in the poverty of budget the image quality is tenuous at times to great effect. this is not just another lurid Filipino/gay melodrama, it's not terribly titillating for that matter. it's in a higher class than the wonderful lino brocka movies, and like him the essence here is . .. a sort of dark tenderness, a sad love. fantastic film.

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