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Call Me Alma

2023 · 90 min

A somber, character-driven drama that confronts painful pasts and hard choices with raw emotional honesty.

Directed by
Mac Alejandre
Genres
Drama
Starring
Azi Acosta, Jaclyn Jose, Mon Confiado
Tagline
Sasamahan kita, tawag ka lang
Overview
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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Directed by
Mac Alejandre
Genres
Drama
Starring
Azi Acosta, Jaclyn Jose, Mon Confiado
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • class
  • survival
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mac Alejandre
Written by
Ricky Lee
Starring
Azi Acosta, Jaclyn Jose, Mon Confiado, Josef Elizalde, Gold Aceron, Richard Solano, Soliman Cruz, Aiko Garcia
Music
Von De Guzmán
Cinematography
Daniel Uy
Runtime
90 min
Country
Philippines
Languages
Tagalog

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