Desperadas

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Directed byJoel C. Lamangan
Written byRoy C. Iglesias
Produced byRoselle Monteverde-Teo
Starring
Desperadas
Directed byJoel C. Lamangan
Written byRoy C. Iglesias
Produced byRoselle Monteverde-Teo
Starring
CinematographyCharlie Peralta
Edited byMarya Ignacio
Music byJesse Lucas
Production
company
Distributed byGMA Films
Release date
  • December 25, 2007 (2007-12-25) (Philippines)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino
Box office60 million

Desperadas (subtitled All They Need Is Love) is a 2007 Filipino romantic comedy film written by Roy Iglesias, directed by Joel Lamangan, and starring Marian Rivera, Ruffa Gutierrez, Rufa Mae Quinto and Iza Calzado.[1][2] The film was followed by the sequel Desperadas 2 in 2008 and produced by Regal Films and distributed by GMA Pictures.[3]

Four half-siblings with different fathers live in a compound. They have different stories and problems to face. The eldest daughter (Iza Calzado) tries to spice up her marriage with her workaholic husband. The second daughter (Ruffa Gutierrez) is a spendthrift and a single mother who struggles with dating. The third daughter (Rufa Mae Quinto) is a professional sexual and clinical psychologist who obsessively suspects her husband is gay. The youngest (Marian Rivera) is childish and wild, and engaged to a conservative boyfriend from a religious family.

The movie opens with an introduction to the four men in the life of the mother of the siblings. It starts with Philip, a businessman and her first lover, mother of Dr. Patricia Llanes. Emil an actor who wooed his way into his heart, and gave her Stephanie. Then a general, Partirio, whom she was about to marry, who died prematurely, giving birth to Isabella. Finally, a mafia jueteng lord, who became a pastor. They bore a child named Courtney, the youngest.

The movie starts with a birthday party for Courtney who had just become engaged to a previous partner of Isabella, her elder sister.

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