Azi Acosta, is a high-end actress. She has decided that performing in Pinoy erotica is her profession, her life, her means to achieve her dreams and her happiness. She caters to all men, and possibly four of the 'Filipinas', who can afford Vivamax's price. She seems to be establishing herself as Vivamax's "S&M Queen". She has have long jet-black hair, she now has a certain amount of body fat (so restraints leave a skin impression), she can be graceful under torture, with strong facial expressions and here she look good in a kimono or kimono-style robe, thus fulfilling Oniroku Dan's criteria for a perfect actress. Azi's routine performance in this movie is disturbed when Jaclyn Jose, an ageing actress with a a painful past involving Ricky Lee's screenwriting, confronts Azi. This meeting will open the door to Azi's past that she has refused to confront. Her breasts are more prominent in the stomach-punching scene in this movie compared with the equivalent flat scene from Selina's Gold, released only ten months earlier, and truths that will test the values of these two women who have become victims of wealth and men. In the end, Azi and Jaclyn make acting choices that will define them not only as individuals but as women. This historical drama is set at the turn of the last millennium. It deals with working as a prostitute in Manilla during the first third, and attempting to cope with senility in Bataan, in the remaining two thirds. It is shorter than the usual Viva Films production, so it doesn't drag on as much, so if you like bold films with a bit of an S&M theme, it's worth watching.
