The Masseur
2005 · Movie · 80 min. · Philippines
Iliac is a twenty-year-old masseur in a massage parlor that caters the gay clientele. In here, sex is an immediate consequences of massage. One ordinary night, a homosexual romance novel writer becomes Iliac's first customer for the day. But once outside the parlor, his current girlfriend, a bar girl who works in Japan, asserts her sexual dominion over him. Back home, his estranged father dies and as Iliac makes the trip to the province, he is faced with the reality of death, love, life, and survival. The masseur then carries out his defined duties and roles-- to his father and family, to his girlfriend, to his trade and to the one customer who has made him a favorite and seems to return for more.
Direction Brillante Mendoza
Cast Coco Martin · Jacklyn Jose · Katherine Luna · Paolo Rivero · Kristoffer King · Aaron Rivera · Erlinda Cruz · Norman Pineda · John Baltazar · Arianne Camille Rivera · Allan Paule · R.U. Miranda · Roni Bertubin
Soundtrack Jerrold Tarog
Screenplay Boots Agbayani Pastor · Brillante Mendoza · Ferdinand Lapuz
Cinematography Timmy Jiménez · Monchie Redoble
Original title Masahista (The Masseur)
4.8
188 votes (FilmAffinity)
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