''Otso-Otso Pamela-Mela-Wan'' is a 2004 Filipino comedy film starring

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and

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. The title was inspired from the two novelty dance songs popularized by the main actors: "Otso-Otso" and "Pamela".

Plot

Many years ago in an hospital, a lone nurse (

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) guards newborn babies when a freak storm happened and the babies were mixed up and given to the different families. Present day, Amboy and Boy, sons by different families was treated as an outcast, Boy was out of place on his family because he has no talent in singing, while Amboy was misunderstood. Meanwhile in Chinatown, Mao and Dao was spoiled by their mother (

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) in order to marry them according to Chinese customs. Boy and Amboy decided to go to Manila to live a new life, while Mao and Dao tries to go to Ilocos Norte and get a ship to hitch to Taiwan. But before that, Boy and Amboy not intentionally saved Mayor Pamintuan's life from assassins by dancing otso-otso. They rode separate

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buses, and met their alternate identities while on stopover in Tarlac, while the nurse tried to chase them. As they arrive on their destinations, confusion arises. Mao and Dao became instant heroes, while Boy and Amboy tries to adjust to Chinese style of living. Their destinies entwined by a grave blunder that the nurse tried to fix.

Cast

as Amboy Cabangon/Dao Go: the sibling who doesn't have a twin but later had (Amboy)/a Chinese brother of Mao (Dao). *

as Boy Ronquillo/Mao Go: the person who always do chores and later had a twin (Boy)/a Chinese brother of Dao (Mao). *

as Mrs. Go: the mother of Mao and Dao. * Pinky Marquez as Mrs. Ronquillo: the mother of Boy. *

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as Mrs. Cabangon: the mother of Amboy. *

as Tessie: A nurse who tries to fix the twins. * Michelle Bayle as Tessa: Dao and Mao's maid which Boy became her love interest. *

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as Mooncake: Dao's supposed to be wife but Amboy is the one who loved her. * Cherry Lou as Pamela Lou Pamintuan: the daughter of a Mayor which Boy had a crush on her but Mao was mistaken as Boy so she loved Mao. * Angelene Aguilar as Pamela Zou Pamintuan: the daughter of a Mayor which Amboy had a crush on her but Dao was mistaken as Amboy so she also loved Dao. * Robin da Roza as Max Ronquillo: the father of Boy. * Miko Palanca as Gino Ronquillo: the brother of Boy. *

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as Yumi Ronquillo: the sister of Boy. *

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as Marky Cabangon: the twin brother of Mocky and brother of Amboy. *

Dominic Roco Ricardo Dominic Artadi Roco (born April 12, 1989) is a Filipino actor. Personal life Roco is a son of actor Bembol Roco and the twin brother of actor Felix Roco. On October 1, 2022, Roco and four other persons were arrested in a buy-bust o ...

as Mocky Cabangon: the twin brother of Marky and brother of Amboy. * Kristine "Boomboom" Gonzales as Cecil Cabangon: the twin sister of Rica and sister of Amboy. * Katrina "Jaja" Gonzales as Rica Cabangon: the twin sister of Cecil and sister of Amboy. * Dido dela Paz as Mayor Pamintuan: Pamela Lou and Zou's father who was saved by the gun. * Jeffrey Tam as Mrs. Go's lost son *

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as Ita * Xavier (dog) as Bantay: the dog of Amboy.

References

External links

* Philippine comedy films 2004 films Star Cinema comedy films 2000s Tagalog-language films 2000s Mandarin-language films 2004 comedy films Films based on songs Films directed by Jerry Lopez Sineneng {{Philippines-film-stub