Director’s Cut of Twilight Dancers premieres

The long wait is over! Philippine audiences now have the chance to watch the Director’s Cut of Mel Chionglo’s much talked about film, Twilight Dancers, as the UP Film Institute holds its premiere on Thursday, 8 February 2007, at 7 p.m. as a rare pre-Valentine event.

The international full version that has been the toast overseas from Toronto to Chicago to Palm Springs will be shown exclusively for the only premier state university cinema strictly for adults. The Centerstage production stars Cherry Pie Picache, Allen Dizon, Lauren Novero and Tyron Perez.

In the tradition of Macho Dancers (1989), Sibak (1994) and Burlesk King (1999), Twilight Dancers is director Mel’s latest plunge to the terra incognita of male strippers.

Twilight Dancers
A Centerstage Production

A cruel twist of fate brings together a macho dancer at a peak of his trade, another one past his prime and a third who has left the profession to be the bodyguard of a corrupt businesswoman whose hunger for boy toys is matched only by her ruthlessness.

Official Selection—2006 Toronto IFF; Official Selection—2006 Chicago IFF;
Official Selection—2007 Palm Springs IFF
Direction: Mel Chionglo. Screenplay: Ricardo Lee. Cast: Tyron Perez, Cherry Pie Picache, Allen Dizon, Lauren Novero, Joel Lamangan, William Martinez, Arnell Ignacio, Ana Capri.

2006 107 minutes 35mm color

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