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Release Date:
August 10, 2023
Original Title:
Call Me Alma
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Viva Films
Vivamax
Production Countries:
Philippines
Ratings / Certifications:
KR: 19 PH: R-18
Runtime: 90
Alma, Azi Acosta, is a high-end bar girl. She has decided that prostitution is her profession, her life, her means to achieve her dreams and her happiness. She caters to all men who can afford her price. But she favors two men: a rich lawyer and a bank executive whom she calls Tiger Joe and Kabayo respectively. Another regular customer is a student who has professed his undying love for her. Alma's routine life is disturbed when Sheila, Jaclyn Jose, an aging street prostitute, introduces herself to Alma as her mother who sold her to strangers after birth. This meeting will open the door to Alma's past that she has refused to confront. A long-lost ailing mother, the search for a father, and the truths of a painful past will test the values of these two women who have become victims of poverty and men. In the end, Alma and Sheila will make choices that will define them not only as individuals but as women.
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Assistant Director:
Celestine Allyza Mission
Associate Producer:
Diane Asuelo
Lea Cassandra D. Solas
Colorist:
Timmy Torres
Creative Producer:
John Philip Doria
Director:
Mac Alejandre
Director of Photography:
Daniel Uy
Editor:
Celina Marie Donato
Benjo Ferrer
Executive Producer:
Vic del Rosario Jr.
Original Music Composer:
Von De Guzmán
Producer:
Vincent del Rosario III
Valerie S. Del Rosario
Production Design:
Ericson Navarro
Sound Designer:
Immanuel Verona
Supervising Producer:
Niña De Castro
Writer:
Ricardo Lee
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