Call Me Mother

Twinkle is a single queer mother whose dream of officially adopting her son gets shaken when the boy's biological mother, Mara, unexpectedly reappears.

Cast

Vice Ganda

as Twinkle

Nadine Lustre

as Mara

Lucas Andalio

as Angelo

Chanda Romero

as Mutya

Carmi Martin

as Mila

Ces Quesada

as Rosa

John Lapus

as Mama M

Iyah Mina

as Ms./Mr. J

MC Muah

as Dorothy

River Joseph

as Anton

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