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Abs-cbn Film Productions/Star Cinema celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, fueled by past hits like Partners in Crime, An Inconvenient Love, To Love Some Buddy, and Hello Love, Goodbye. As such, the world's premier Filipino film production and distribution company has amped up its current slate of films, paving the way for the highly anticipated release of A Very Good Girl.

The ambitious revenge comedy thriller from director Petersen Vargas' is an offbeat treat, one that occasionally flies way over the top and slaps you silly, thanks to the fierce performances of its two lead actors, Golden Globe Award and BAFTA nominee Dolly de Leon and Asian Box Office diva Kathryn Bernardo.

The film already soared up Asian cinema charts and should find a good niche here in the west. What’s all the fuss? Darling, sit back and see.

A Wicked Revenge Thriller

Prepare to cherish some of the dialogue here,...

“If life’s a bitch, be a bigger bitch,” croons one character in A Very Good Girl, an inventive and scorching dark comedy-drama that’s bound to turn heads. To that end, “payback,” as they say, is certainly a bitch, too, and director Petersen Vargas' new film is all the better for it. A Very Good Girl chronicles the ripple effects of a ruthless firing. A frustrated Philo (Kathryn Bernardo) suddenly embarks on a meticulously planned revenge plot against a stylish retail mogul named Mother Molly (Dolly de Leon). Philo is clear about her endgame: She wants to dismantle Molly’s empire and toss the woman aside.

A Very Good Girl was written by Marionne Dominique Mancol, Jumbo A. Albano, and Daniel S. Saniana. In addition to Bernardo and de Leon, it also stars Donna Cariaga, Chie Filomeno, Jake Ejercito, Ana Abad Santos, Gillian Vicencio, Kaori Oinuma, Nour Hooshmand, Althea Ruedas,...