Metro Manila Film Festival

(We are running this guide to help moviegoers plan their holiday cinema tour. The 39th MMFF runs from Dec. 25, 2013, to Jan. 8, 2014.)

Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel

Directed by Chris Martinez; starring Eugene Domingo, Sam Milby, Angel Aquino, Ariel Ureta, Joel Torre, Miriam Quiambao, Moi Bien, Mura, Dingdong Dantes, Zanjoe Marudo and Dawn Zulueta.

The film, a prequel, is also the final installment of the successful comedy franchise that features twin sisters Kimmy and Dora. It is set before “Kambal sa Kiyeme,” where the girls quarrel over who gets to run the family corporation.

Domingo, who plays both characters, says “Ang Kiyemeng Prequel” goes back to when the twins are in training, “waiting for a position in the company and still unable to buy anything for themselves.”

She is especially proud of the movie for being the first local production to use the latest technology called Modula Motion Control, which makes it possible for Kimmy and Dora to interact in the same scenes.

“It’s a complicated process,” Domingo says, “but Kimmy can now slap Dora.” Marinel R. Cruz