Francine Prieto — Actor (6)

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Bikini Open (2005)
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From the same team that created 2003's box-office and critical hit, "Bridal Shower", comes a fresh and bitingly funny satirical take on Filipino beauty contests- Bikini Open. Presented in a "mockumentary" (fake documentary) format, this up-to-date comedy chronicles the proceedings of an on-going bikini contests in one of Malate's sing-along-bars. Go-getter Susan, an investigate TV host desperate for higher TV ratings, exposes not only what goes behind the pageant but even the most private lives of the aspiring contestants: Gail- a wannabe movie star; Lara- the overachieving "perfect" girl and Binibining Pilipinas beauty contestant hopeful; Sonny- the hunky playboy gym instructor and Billy, a would be singer in search of his real father. These contestants along with 18 other pairs of male and female aspirants, their families, sponsors, benefactors, managers, judges, hosts, organizers and even the audience take us not just in the front seat but even behind the scenes for an examination of the bikini contest phenomenon. As for Susan, will the TV host get the much- needed ratings boost her TV show despeartely needs? How far is she willing to go and her expose reveals not just each contestant's body but even the spirit, soul and secrets?

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Silip (2007)
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other title: 惊情杀机
A roving salesman takes his wife to settle in a desolate farm, and they're in married bliss for a time?until a woman full of mystery disrupts the couple's otherwise peaceful relationship. The two women actually become best friends, but the young wife soon gets suspicions that her husband and the secretive neighbor are carrying on an illicit affair. Who will shed tears, and who will shed blood, in these entanglements?

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Liberated (2003)
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other title: 释放欲望1
The film attempts to paint a picture of today’s more sexually assertive yuppies. Or as the filmmakers deign to admit, Liberated is more like the local answer to the HBO TV series Sex and the City. Former beauty queen Francine Prieto plays a BMW sales agent. She’s beautiful and she’s very much in love with her boyfriend played by Christian Vasquez. They both look hot together but Francine is intractable when it comes to maintaining her virginity. The frustrated Vasquez, an artist who seems to have a lot of issues to confront, thus turns to his former lover played by Diana Zubiri. The latter happens to be Francine’s closest friend and she’s still much in love with Christian. So goes the predictable contretemps of Liberated, which are enlivened by the rest of Francine’s friends played by Tuesday Vargas and Rodel Velayo. Vargas plays a single mother who falls for a bar tender while Velayo is the gay friend who usually goes hunting for men in movie theaters. Said hunts usually leave Velayo being punched on the nose or without a cell phone. Hunky Winston Elizalde steals the thunder as a quirky artist who falls for Diana Zubiri. This gang is liberated alright. They’re addicted to sex and one-night stands—even the film’s virginal heroine isn’t above enjoying her lover’s body. It’s just for as long as they don’t go all the way. And of course, they have a moral lesson to learn and suddenly, they’re the most wholesome bunch you could ever meet.

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Liberated 2 (2004)
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other title: 释放欲望2
Liberated 2 essays the journey of four modern characters from excelling in sex to knowing how to love. Through games and wild adventures, our protagoinsts come to realize that liberation is not just for the body but also for the heart.