Iliac is a twenty-year-old masseur in a massage parlor that caters the gay clientele. In here, sex is an immediate consequences of massage. One ordinary night, a homosexual romance novel writer becomes Iliac's first customer for the day. But once outside the parlor, his current girlfriend, a bar girl who works in Japan, asserts her sexual dominion over him.
Back home, his estranged father dies and as Iliac makes the trip to the province, he is faced with the reality of death, love, life, and survival. The masseur then carries out his defined duties and roles-- to his father and family, to his girlfriend, to his trade and to the one customer who has made him a favorite and seems to return for more.
Masahista bagged as co-winner in Video section, the prestigious Golden Leopard Award in the 2005 Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film has also been invited to the Toronto and Vancouver International Film Festivals, as well as in Chicago USA, Belgium, Austria, Brazil, Argentina, and Hong Kong. It has also been sold in the United States, Canada, France, Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, and Switzerland.
Masahista (The Masseur) stars newcomer Coco Martin as Iliac and also includes screen legend Jaclyn Jose (Macho Dancer, Takaw Tukso, Itanong Mo Sa Buwan, Aishite Imasu - Mahal Kita 1941, Tuhog), ace actor Alan Paule (Macho Dancer, Ang Lalaki sa Buhay ni Selya, Sa Iyo Ang Sarap, sa Akin Ang Hirap, Init ng Dugo, Mulanay sa Pusod ng Paraiso) and Katherine Luna.
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The Masseur
