Original title: Masahista Polish title: unknown Country: Philippines Genre: drama

Year / Premiere date: 2005 / 09.09.2005 Directed by: Brillante Mendoza Time: 76 minutes Language: Filipino, English

AKA (also known as):
The Masseur

Credited cast:
Coco Martin, Jacklyn Jose, Allan Paule, Katherine Luna, Paolo Rivero, Kristoffer King

Synopsis: (spoiler possible)
Iliac is a twenty-year-old masseur in a massage parlour that caters to a gay clientele. In here, sex and massage are always connected. It is a secret underworld of erotic desire, far removed from his life in the world outside. Inside the parlour, Iliac serves his clients with enthusiasm. Away from work, his current girlfriend - a bar girl who works in Japan - asserts her sexual dominion over him. Back at home, his estranged father is dying. As Illiac makes the trip to the province to see his father for the last time, he is faced with the reality of decay, love, life and survival – all tied together by the bonds of duty.


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