Ma' Rosa

Ma' Rosa (2016)

I'm your mother, sister, father, brother.

Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor section of Manila where everybody knows her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa’s children are ready to do anything to buy their parents’ freedom from the corrupt police.

Date of release
2016-11-09
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (23)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Director
Brillante Ma Mendoza

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Ma' Rosa is a 2016 Filipino drama film directed by Brillante Mendoza and written by Troy Espiritu. Starring Jaclyn Jose in the title role, the story follows a woman who was arrested with her husband for selling illegal drugs, while their children decided to bail them out of incompetent cops.

Production

Director Brillante Mendoza decided to make the film to tackle the issue of small-scale drug selling in the Philippines, which he says is happening in the country, and described the situation as alarming. Mendoza noted that the concept of corruption, a subject of the film, appeals to a worldwide audience because it is a global issue, affecting many countries on varying scales.

Ma' Rosa was originally titled Palit Ulo. The film was shot in Mandaluyong during the rainy season of 2015 and was supported by the French distributor firm, Film Distribution.

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