Crime does not pay, so the adage goes. But feisty and outspoken Rosa (Rosanna Roces)–however sharp-witted–does not know any better. Doggedly out for bigger money, she is quick to rebuff…

Abandoned by his wife, Mitch (Richard Gomez) finds respite from his depression by spying on beautiful new neighbor Jack (Rosanna Roces); next thing you know, the pair becomes intimately acquainted….

When asked for her real name, the feisty woman in a rural whorehouse would quip, “Ligaya. It means joy. And that’s what I sell.” Yet the small-town prostitute is not…