Mamu (and a Mother Too)

(2018)

★ 4.2 IMDb · 5 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 2018

Runtime: 122 мин

Country: Philippines

Director: Rod Singh

Cast: Iyah Mina, Arron Villaflor, EJ Jallorina, Markus Paterson, Jovani Manansala, Petite, Renz Cyrus Aguilar, Lui Manansala, KaladKaren, James Svendsen

Plot

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.