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Phillip Salvador, Gina Alajar, Claudia Zobel, Raoul Aragon, Rez Cortez ... see more see more... , Venchito Galvez , Aristo Reyes Jr. , Lorli Villanueva , Gloria Guinto , Lucita Soriano , Joe Taruc , PETA Kalinangan Ensemble , Mona Lisa , Jess de la Paz , Paquito Diaz , Bongchi Miraflor , Tanya Shpilevoy , Nomer Son

This movie is an interweaving of several true events into a coherent story line which was intended to point out the inherent corruption in the government of the Philippines at all different levels. De... read more read more...layed by censors while they tried to find a way to keep the movie from being released, eventually some sex scenes from Manila's live sex shows were cut and the film allowed out. It wasn't until the furor the movie caused at the Cannes Film Festival that the government realized how critical the movie was of the current regime and arrested Brocka. He was later released. The movie takes a strike that paralyzed Manila, the kidnapping of a businessman and the shoot-out between the kidnappers and police, all true events, and winds them into a coherent story that ably shows the corruption prevalent in the Manila governmental system. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Lino Brocka

Release Date: January 1, 1985

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  • jam233
    December 22, 2009
    jam233
    Mira Nair as such a gift for developing her characters, and that is what makes this film work so well. You learn to care about each person and become interested in the outcomes in their lives. Sensitively made, wonderfully acted by all.

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