Now Showing

Rita is named after a famous American movie star whom her late, former actress grandmother once adored. She lives in one of Manila’s oldest districts with her busy mother and entrepreneurial aunt. Years later, she is still the same girl enamoured with television, now also tending to her aunt’s stall selling pirated DVD movies. Elsewhere, there survives footages of a movie done before the war.

Now Showing was released on May 22, 2008.

Now Showing runs 4 hours 40 minutes (280 minutes).

Now Showing was directed by Raya Martin.

The cast of Now Showing includes Ness Roque (Young Rita), Adriana Agcaoili (Mom), Antônio Vianna, Daisy Cariño (Tita) and Maila Romero (Grownup Rita).