NYMPHA (Joey Gosiengfiao, 1980)
Burden with a traumatic childhood past, the body of Nympha Monteverde played to perfection by Gosiengfiao muse Alma Moreno, was found in the mountains after she escaped from the convent and had mass sex by dozen campers. The rescue operations led by Ella Luansing the nun, a brilliant thespian. Alma was gang-bang with her consent landed on the hospital after the rescue operations with raptured vagina but the doctor tells it will heal. That childhood past resulted to a different kind of sickness, not promiscuity but nymphomania where she just shake and perspires whenever she sees a man. In his most daring and perverse work tucked in his filmography, MTRCB Chairman Laguardia slapped the film with an X rating at the Cinema One film fest 3 years ago.....the camp master created a world not only infuse with camp, black humor and wicked thoughts that combines Almodovar & Bunuel in one. And for pure laughs check out or spot the influence from Hitchcock's VERTIGO & GONE WITH THE WIND. Rosemarie Gil as the stepmother was at her usual elan flair and almost eclipsed Alma and had a tryst with Ricky Belmonte. The Gosiengfiao veterans Deborah Sun in a restrained performance, Orestes Ojeda, Ed Villapol, Sandy Garcia and the late Alfie Anido were at their usual best. With all the sexual innuendos thrown in, this camp opus should not be confused with Castillo's NYMPHA released during the 70's. But it was still Alma Moreno that stood out, the body and face that could launched a thousand ships. With classic lines that can make Andy Warhol proud.....kung masakit ang daliri ko, puede ko putulin, paano ko puputulin ito? Alma cries! Baka tuhugin mo lahat ng muchacho dito, his father shipping magnate Johnny Wilson shout to Alma! Alma makes a dramatic entrance to a party thrown by her stepmother, Rosemarie Gil....."kumusta ka na hija? Nympha shouts with proud....eto, stepmother, ni-rape ng sandaang lalake! Hind lang apoy ang nilalamon ko kundi laman....Alma tells carnival fire-eater Alfie Anido. In order to avoid spoilers, will Alma be cured of her sickness, be a normal woman and have a family in the future? Catch this Gosiengfiao opus on the archive of Cinema One.
