Gina Pareño
Amy
Search results
Amelita or Amy is an aging jueteng kubrador (bet collector). Despite the regular crackdown on the illegal numbers game, she clings to the job she has known for more than 20 years. She walks around the poverty-stricken squatter's neighborhood collecting bets from her regular patrons every day.
Is The Bet Collector streaming? Find out where to watch online amongst 200+ services including Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video.
- Jeffrey Jeturian
- 98 min
- 4
The Bet Collector 2006 1h 40m Drama List 40% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 83% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings A woman (Gina Pareño) works for an illegal numbers game in the slums of the Philippines.
- (5)
- Gina Pareño
- Jeffrey Jeturian
- Drama
Amy, the family matriarch, makes ends meet by running a small convenience store out of her home. But in a struggling economy customers are scarce, and without the help of her husband or pregnant daughter, she is forced to supplement the family income by collecting bets for an illegal numbers game.
- Jeffrey Jeturian
- January 1, 2007
- Gina Pareño, Fonz Deza, Nanding Josef
In a struggling economy, Amy supplements her meager family income by collecting bets for an illegal numbers game. In this starkly realistic narrative, Jeffrey Jeturian presents a captivating portrait of a fragile, proud woman, forced into a life of crime.
Jan 12, 2007 · In this starkly realistic narrative, director Jeffrey Jeturian presents a captivating portrait of a once-proud woman, haunted by memories of a dead son and hounded by the police, and her fragile and lonely life as a "kurador".
Amy, the family matriarch, makes ends meet by running a small convenience store out of her home. But in a strugglling economy customers are scarce, and without the help of her husband or pregnant daughter, she is forced to supplement the family income by collecting bets for an illegal numbers game.
