Manila in the Claws of Light
DirectorLino Brocka
CastsHilda Koronel, Bembol Roco, Lou Salvador Jr., Joonee Gamboa, Pio De Castro III, Danilo Posadas, Joe Jardi, Spanky Manikan, Edipolo Erosido, Pancho Pelagio, Purita Yap, Josephine Gutierrez, Gina Zegui, Ronnie Magalong, Anna Marie Nicolas, Victor Diendo, Lily Gamboa Mendoza, Abelardo Reyes
Duration124 minutes
GenreDrama, Mystery
Synopsis
Adapted from a popular serialised novel by Edgardo M. Reyes, Brocka’s incendiary film follows Julio (Bembol Roco) who arrives in Manila in search of his girlfriend Ligaya (Hilda Koronel) and is quickly ensnared in the city’s destructive tendrils. Told with the docu-realist approach that was the director’s trademark, scenes of exploitation and social inequality are contrasted with highly stylised images of urban commercialism.
Made during an era of martial law, Brocka’s portrait of political upheaval and resistance under dictatorship was, very surprisingly, approved by the censors without cuts. Winner of nine Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards.
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