Serbis
Original title: Service
“Service. It's the family business.”
2008 · 1 h 27 min
Directed by 
Brillante Mendoza
Brillante MendozaCast
Gina Pareño 
Jaclyn Jose 
Coco Martin
Credits
Written by: 
Armando Lao
Plot
A film in competition at Cannes. Known in English as Service.
Sinekatalog’s take
Brillante Mendoza's frantic drama follows a Filipino family running a shabby porn cinema, as chaos, sex and family quarrels overlap. Raw and sweaty, shot in long takes, it is a rough, vivid slice of Manila life.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.0 / 10 (2,084 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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