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Rating: 8 stars

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Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)

Directed by Lino Brocka

Drama

Overview

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.

Length 127 minutes

Actors

Bembol Roco | Lou Salvador Jr. | Tommy Abuel | Lily Gamboa Mendoza | Joonee Gamboa | Pio De Castro III | Joe Jardy | Spanky Manikan | Danilo Posadas | Pancho Pelagio | Bobby Roldan | Jerry O'Hara | Rudy Hermano | Rikki Jimenez | Chiqui Xerxes-Burgos | Tommy Yap | Juling Bagabaldo | Joe Gruta | Nina Lorenzo | Mely Mallari | Fred Capulong | Orlando Nadres | Estrella Kuenzler | Edwin O'Hara | Lorli Villanueva | Mario O'Hara | Sibyl Santiago | Edipolo Erosido | Purita Yap | Josephine Gutierrez | Gina Zegui | Ronnie Magalong | Anna Marie Nicolas | Victor Diendo | Abelardo Reyes | Julie de Guzman | Brenda Fajardo | Cita Javellana | Ellen Cacho | Sabrina | Pitay | Veronica | Jun Macapinlac | Ricardo de Guzman | Socrates B. Jose | Greg Llenado | Arturo Soquerata | Jojo Abella | Hilda Koronel

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Another Brocka film from the World Cinema Project. Such a tragic story. Reminds me of Midnight Cowboy, not the story or plot details, but the look/feel and depravity and tragedy. Grimy film that does not sell Manila as a destination. Yet everything here feels real bc it is real. The streets, the bars, the clubs, the slums. Not sure what other Brocka films are available (no others from Criterion outside of Insiang) but I’d like to see more.

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