Etiquette for Mistresses
Etiquette for Mistresses is a 2015 Philippine romantic-drama film based on the best-selling novel of the same name written by Julie Yap-Daza and Patrick John Valencia. It features an ensemble cast including Kris Aquino, Claudine Barretto, Iza Calzado, Cheena Crab and Kim Chiu. The film tackles the lives of five successful and glamorous women whose friendship is based on their common weaknesses—they are all trapped in the prison of their hearts. The film is also the first Filipino film to open simultaneously nationwide and worldwide in Europe, Middle East, and North America. The film opens with 15 million pesos on its opening day and received positive reviews from movie critics for its cinematography and unique storyline. Different from most mistress films in the Philippines, the film focuses on different lives of the other women in the social elite world and the quest for true love through trials and tribulations. Plot Georgia, Stella, and Charley watch a video scandal of a mistress caught by the wife. Charley tells them that she experienced the same scenario and instead watches the movie with her kids at a supermarket to avoid the wife. Stella ends the conversation that she only meets his lover Ambet Villoria at home to avoid any scandal. In a lounge bar, Chloe, the most rebellious mistress is embarrassed by the cancellation of credit card by her lover Gabriel. In anger she throws her phone accidentally not knowing someone was hurt. Stella helps her out of prison but asks her not to tell what happened with the other girls. Meanwhile, Georgia is tasked by her lover to train a new woman of Frank Ayson, a rich politician and boss of her lover. She reluctantly agrees and meets up with Stella in a coffee shop to get some advice before going to the airport and meet Ina, the new mistress. Ina is ecstatic at first but becomes depressed after learning from Georgia that despite having a condo and a luxurious life, she cannot live with Frank, for whom she left her life in Cebu for. She is even more frustrated by the rules given by Georgia, which includes never calling Frank and never showing herself in front of him unless he asks her to. She ends up depressed as the days pass and overdoses herself on alcohol. Georgia rushes her to the hospital where she meets Chloe. The next day, Georgia introduce Ina to Stella, Chloe and Charley. The girls start to form a stronger friendship and bond at a mall and a beauty salon using Charley's credit card. Ina meets up with Frank at a Christmas caravan with Chloe's help. Georgia angrily tells Ina that she should not break her rules. Chloe discovers that Gabriel has another mistress. In Georgia's absence, Ina stays with Charley and accompanies her in an auction but she is caught by Wang Gie's wife and suspended from going out. Ina chooses to stay with Stella in a court room but an accident causes Stella to fly