Claudine Barretto set to do another film

MANILA, Philippines - Claudine Barretto is set to fo another film after she's done with "Etiquette for Mistresses."

"Ang focus ko ngayon is doing movies," she said on Wednesday during the presscon of her upcoming film.

"May TV show," she added. "Hindi ko pa lang alam kasi usually kapag may ganyang pinaplano, inaantay mo talaga na malapit na mag-taping bago magsalita. Minsan kasi di natutuloy, nase-shelved ganyan."

Nevertheless, she's happy with her comeback project in ABS-CBN, which happens to be her third "naughty" role.

"In real life mahiyain talaga ako," she said. "Sobrang na-enjoy ko 'yong role ko kasi parang dalawang pelikula lang po ang nagawa ko na medyo naughty ako, out of the box. Na-enjoy ko talaga siya."

Since her role is one of the five mistresses, Claudine was asked to comment about being a mistress.

The actress paused for a while before saying that their film is not glorifying nor condemning mistresses.

"Mahirap mag-judge ng tao," she said. "Alam naman po natin ang tama, hindi naman po sa gino-glorify namin ang mistresses, pero hindi naman namin sila kino-condemn. I think dapat gano'n na lang ang paningin ng iba para wala po tayong nasasaktan na tao."

She added, "kasi mahirap talaga, sabi nga sa trailer, it's really hard to teach the heart to obey. In the end, it's really our choice sa buhay, kung kaya ba natin na mayro'n tayong natatapakan o kung kaya nating magbigay."

"Etiquette for Mistresses" also stars Kris Aquino, Kim Chiu, Iza Calzado and Cheen Crab. Directed by Chito Roño. It will be in cinemas on September 30.