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Zsazsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh
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Wikipedia article
'Zsazsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh' is a Filipino Superhero fantasy musical comedy film starring Zsa Zsa Padilla, BB Gandanghari, Chokoleit, Pops Fernandez and Alfred Vargas. The movie was based on a graphic novel created by Carlo Vergara. It follows the story of a gay beautician from the province in the Philippines named Ada and what happens when a freak occurrence endows him with superpowers.
The cinematic version closely follows the theatrical production that was staged by the CCP's Tanghalang Pilipino under the direction of Chris Millado.
Plot
Ada (BB Gandanghari) is a gay beautician from the province in the Philippines. Her best friend and assistant Didi (Chokoleit) is a stereotypical gay best friend - funny, witty, loves to heckle, and good-natured. Enter Dodong (Alfred Vargas) - tall, dark, and handsome - every woman's and gay man's fantasy in their town. Dodong is 'the boy next door' ... friendly, sweet, helpful, good-looking, unprejudiced, and hardworking.
One evening, as Ada was bathing a meteor falls from the sky, punches a hole through the roof of her bathroom and hits her on the head. She panics and screams which brings Didi out in a tizzy, wondering what happened. As Ada tells her what happened Didi convinces her that she should swallow the meteor/rock in case it will give her superpowers, just like Darna. They look at the rock and discover that the word 'Zaturnnah' is written on it. This validated things for Didi who then goaded Ada even more to swallow the rock. Convinced, Ada does as Didi says then shouts 'Zaturnnah!' and in a puff of smoke she turns into a voluptuous red-headed woman. Didi is shocked but takes it in stride and convinces her to find out if she had superpowers, which she does. Ada decides to adopt the name 'Zsazsa Zaturnnah' for her superheroine persona.
Strange occurrences happen all over town such as attacks by a giant frog and zombies, with Didi by her side and Dodong bravely trying to defend Zaturnnah and the town from zombies. Later she encounters beings from outer space ... females from the Planet XXX called Amazonistas led by their leader Queen Feminah Suarestellar Baroux (Pops Fernandez). Queen Feminah reveals that in their planet, all the men were transformed into pigs '(a reference to the Greek Goddess Circe)' when the women revolted because of centuries of oppression from the males chauvinists of their planet. They invite Zaturnnah to join them, not knowing her real identity. She rejected them, which angered Queen Feminah who then challenged her to a duel to the death.
A furious battle ensues and at first it seems that they are evenly matched. Queen Feminah makes one more pitch to Zaturnnah, to join the Amazonistas and rid the planet of men. Not only does she reject the offer she also tries (and successfully) regurgitates the rock which instantly transforms her to her male form, Ada. Queen Feminah was shocked but before she could do anything else, Ada shoved the rock into her mouth and as Queen Feminah instinctly swallowed the first word out of her mouth was 'Zaturnnah!' To everyone's surprise this transformed her into "male pig" which prompted the Amazonistas to hunt her down to kill her.
Powerless and weak from the battle, Ada collapses to the ground. In comes Dodong who lifts her up and "rescues" her. Ada confesses her love which he accepts. The scene then cuts to Ada packing away her things and saying that she is moving to Manila. Dodong arrives and asks if he could join her when she moves to Manila. He confesses his love for her. Ada initially doubts his sincerity but is later convinced, which leads her to accept his offer to join her.
Scene cuts to the happy couple living 'along the riles' in Manila. Another meteor falls from the sky and hits her. The story is left hanging at this point, implying a continuation to the story.
Cast
* BB Gandanghari as Ada
* Zsa Zsa Padilla as ZsaZsa Zaturnnah
* Chokoleit as Didi
* Alfred Vargas as Dodong
* Pops Fernandez as Queen Femina
* Pauleen Luna as Aruba
* Alwyn Uytingco as Poldo
* Kitkat as Nora A.
* Say Alonzo as Vilma S.
* Giselle Sanchez as Sharon C.
* Glaiza de Castro as Dina B.
* Joy Viado as Krystal
* Minnie Aguilar as Aling Britney
* Christian Vasquez as Mang Justin
* Jim Pebanco as Fr. Bernie (billed as Jim Pebangco)
References
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