Screen vixen and awarded actress Ara Mina looked tired and was coughing lightly every now and then when I arrived for our interview at the location of "Ate" last Tuesday.

She has just finished the taping of an episode of "Prinsesa ng Banyera" at 4 a.m. that same day and at the same location, went home to sleep for a few hours then went back for the shooting of "Ate."

"Ate" which is directed by Lore Reyes with Peque Gallaga as its production designer, is Ara Mina's first venture as a movie producer. Under her Posh Entertainment production company, she stars in it with her sister Cristine Reyes and Paolo Paraiso. And as a first-time producer she is very hands on and passionate about "Ate" she doesn't mind having sleepless nights and working alternately from her TV series to the movie.

According to Ara, her hectic schedule is the reason for her irritated throat but as the saying goes in the realm of entertainment, the show must go on!

She shared that she has been wanting to produce a film someday that when "Ate" came about, she deemed it as the perfect project for her. She described "Ate" as a story about how an elder sister took care of her younger sister. But it is not as simple as it seems. It also revolves around the idea that too much of everything is bad for a person. Because "Ate" is also about how a younger sister feels when her "ate" is always all over her.

The younger sister rebels and she gets back at her elder sister by sleeping with her "ate's" husband played by Paolo Paraiso. To make matters worst, the younger sister becomes pregnant with her "ate's" husband!

A tale of how an elder sister's love for her sibling could go wrong, and a story of deceit and redemption, "Ate's" cast includes Eddie Garcia, Eva Daren, Jan Marini, Gerard Pizaras, Jemuel and Roshelle Barameda, Jade Lopez and Ian Veneracion.

Below, Ara Mina talks more about "Ate," her fears, her experience and how is she as an "ate" to Cristine Reyes.

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