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Otso-Otso Pamela-Mela-Wan
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Wikipedia article
'Otso-Otso Pamela-Mela-Wan' is a 2004 Filipino comedy film starring Vhong Navarro and Bayani Agbayani. The title was inspired from the two novelty dance songs popularized by the main actors: "Otso-Otso" and "Pamela".
Plot
Many years ago in an hospital, a lone nurse (Gina Pareo) guards newborn babies when a freak storm happened and the babies were mixed up and given to the different families.
Present day, Amboy and Boy, sons by different families was treated as an outcast, Boy was out of place on his family because he has no talent in singing, while Amboy was misunderstood. Meanwhile in Chinatown, Mao and Dao was spoiled by their mother (Tessie Tomas) in order to marry them according to Chinese customs. Boy and Amboy decided to go to Manila to live a new life, while Mao and Dao tries to go to Ilocos Norte and get a ship to hitch to Taiwan. But before that, Boy and Amboy not intentionally saved Mayor Pamintuan's life from assassins by dancing otso-otso.
They rode separate Partas buses, and met their alternate identities while on stopover in Tarlac, while the nurse tried to chase them. As they arrive on their destinations, confusion arises. Mao and Dao became instant heroes, while Boy and Amboy tries to adjust to Chinese style of living.
Their destinies entwined by a grave blunder that the nurse tried to fix.
Cast
* Vhong Navarro as Amboy Cabangon/Dao Go: the sibling who doesn't have a twin but later had (Amboy)/a Chinese brother of Mao (Dao).
* Bayani Agbayani as Boy Ronquillo/Mao Go: the person who always do chores and later had a twin (Boy)/a Chinese brother of Dao (Mao).
* Tessie Tomas as Mrs. Go: the mother of Mao and Dao.
* Pinky Marquez as Mrs. Ronquillo: the mother of Boy.
* Dexter Doria as Mrs. Cabangon: the mother of Amboy.
* Gina Pareo as Tessie: A nurse who tries to fix the twins.
* Michelle Bayle as Tessa: Dao and Mao's maid which Boy became her love interest.
* Denise Joaquin as Mooncake: Dao's supposed to be wife but Amboy is the one who loved her.
* Cherry Lou as Pamela Lou Pamintuan: the daughter of a Mayor which Boy had a crush on her but Mao was mistaken as Boy so she loved Mao.
* Angelene Aguilar as Pamela Zou Pamintuan: the daughter of a Mayor which Amboy had a crush on her but Dao was mistaken as Amboy so she also loved Dao.
* Robin da Roza as Max Ronquillo: the father of Boy.
* Miko Palanca as Gino Ronquillo: the brother of Boy.
* Karel Marquez as Yumi Ronquillo: the sister of Boy.
* Felix Roco as Marky Cabangon: the twin brother of Mocky and brother of Amboy.
* Dominic Roco as Mocky Cabangon: the twin brother of Marky and brother of Amboy.
* Kristine "Boomboom" Gonzales as Cecil Cabangon: the twin sister of Rica and sister of Amboy.
* Katrina "Jaja" Gonzales as Rica Cabangon: the twin sister of Cecil and sister of Amboy.
* Dido dela Paz as Mayor Pamintuan: Pamela Lou and Zou's father who was saved by the gun.
* Jeffrey Tam as Mrs. Go's lost son
* Whitney Tyson as Ita
* Xavier (dog) as Bantay: the dog of Amboy.
References
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