'' Service '' ( Tagalog : Serbis ) is a 2008 Filipino independent drama film directed by Brillante Mendoza and stars Gina Pareño as the matriarch of the Pineda family who owns a porn cinema in Angeles City , Pampanga . The film competed for the Palme d'Or in the main competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival . It is also the first Filipino film to compete at the main competition in Cannes , since Lino Brocka 's '' Bayan Ko : Kapit sa Patalim '' in 1984
2008 Cannes Film Festival
2008 Cannes Film Festival
Service (film)