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THE OctoArts sex comedy entry, "One Night Only," is about the hilarious sexcapades of various characters in a motel and writer-director Joey Reyes wants to stress that the rumor that all the sex-filled misadventures portrayed in it are all based on his own personal motel experiences is simply not true. "Yung iba lang," he laughs. "The other stories are based on the experiences of other friends at 'yung kay Alex de Rossi na extrang tinangay sa set ng isang aktor happened on the set of a movie I did, 'Kung Ako Na Lang Sana'. Biglang nawala 'yung isang aktor ko, dinala pala sa motel 'yung extra."

The various interwoven stories in it revolve on Katrina Halili as a golddigger who has a congressman lover (Ricky Davao) and a Chinese businessman as lovers, Alessandra de Rossi as the extra who's taken to the motel by an action star (Paolo Contis) for a one-night stand, Jennylyn Mercado as the lover of a lesbian (Manilyn Reynes) and Joross Gamboa as the kept boy of a homosexual (Chokoleit), and Diana Zubiri and Valerie Concepcion as two girls who don't know they're sharing the same hunk (Jon Avila.) So which is the character he can identify with? "Si Diana who, after going to bed, asks Jon: Will you still respect me?"

It's said that "One Night Only" is up against "Desperadas 2" as they're both comedies about five women. "Ay, hindi, magkaiba sila kasi itong 'One Night Only' happens only in the course of nine hours inside a motel. We used the Tripoli Motel in Marcos Highway as our set."

Who shone the most in the movie? "All of them are good, wala akong naging problema. But I realized that Katrina is really most effective as a comedienne. The funniest players are Manilyn and Chokoleit as the lesbian and gay managers na nagpalit ng dates nila to get inside the motel. Kunwari, si Joross ang kay Mane at si Jennylyn kay Chokoleit. Ang nangyari, sina Joross at Jen ang nagkagustuhan. Naawa naman ako kay Jon Avila kasi about 40% of the film, he's just in his briefs as this man who tries to please two women in bed. But he's not conscious at all dahil siguro sanay mag-model ng briefs. I assure the viewers tatawa sila sa 'One Night Only' from start to finish."

Joey is this year's most prolific mainstream director having finished five films: "When Love Begins," "Monster Mom," "One Night Only," "Magkaibigan" (another filmfest entry) and "Civil Status: Single" which will be shown next year. He's also all set to start the Richard-KC Valentine movie to be shot in a beautiful resort in Coron, Palawan. In 2009, he wants to buy his own digital camera to make his own indie film, preferably the story of violinist Ernest Vallejo who was held captive by the Japanese in Fort Santiago during World War II.