Call Me Mother

Call Me Mother

8.0IMDb Score
Released:2025-12-25
Duration:120 min
Country:Philippines
Director:Jun Robles Lana
Actors:Vice Ganda, Nadine Lustre, Lucas Andalio, Chanda Romero, Carmi Martin
Production:Star Cinema – ABS-CBN Film Productions, The IdeaFirst Company, Viva Films

Overview:

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

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