Boyette: Not a Girl Yet | |
Director: | Jumbo Albano |
Producer: | Kara U. Kintanar |
Screenplay: | Jumbo Albano |
Music: | Emerzon Texon |
Cinematography: | Mackie Galvez |
Studio: | Star Cinema |
Distributor: | CineXpress[1] |
Runtime: | 111 minutes |
Country: | Philippines |
Language: | Filipino |
Boyette: Not a Girl Yet is a 2020 Philippine comedy film starring Zaijian Jaranilla, Inigo Pascual and Maris Racal, directed by Jumbo Albano.[2] The film is under Star Cinema.[3] It is about a college student who will pretend to be a straight to get him closer to his crush. The film was released on KTX and iWantTFC as well as Sky Cable PPV and Cignal PPV on November 27, 2020.[4]
A college freshman Boyette (Zaijian Jaranilla) pretends to be straight to get closer to his homophobic crush Charles (Inigo Pascual), motivating himself to join a dance club. While he's pretending, a lot of girls like him, including Nancy (Maris Racal).
Jaranilla said that Albano has convinced him because the character that Albano offered to him was so different from his role Santino on May Bukas Pa and to see him not just as Santino. He also said that he wants to show others that he can also able to portray other roles. Albano said that the film is inspired by his own story.