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Genres
Overview
Brocka's potboiler about the rise of a starlet is the quintessential rags-to-riches, prey-turned-predator story, brimming with true-life anecdotes and an authentically acerbic sense of the seamier side of show business.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
116 min
Release Date
1981-03-20
Status
Released
Original Language
Tagalog
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
6.5
Gina Alajar
Teresa / Karina Daluz
Charo Santos-Concio
Mers Madsen
Phillip Salvador
Alain Soriano
Eddie Garcia
Mauro Dizon
Rez Cortez
Eddie Randal
Joe Fabregas
Dick Conrado
Ariosto Reyes Jr.
Sonny
Soxy Topacio
Fedora
Joey Luna
Dading
Nina Lorenzo
Assistant
Beth Mondragon
Assistant
Mike Accion
Mike
Pae Toledo
Pae
Charlie Peralta
Charlie
Jonas Sebastian
Nicky
Tata Esteban
Actor
Evelyn Vargas
Reporter
Amy Austria
Carla Rivera
Dennis Roldan
Dennis
Inday Badiday
Herself
German Moreno
Himself
Menggie Cobarrubias
Abortionist
Nora Aunor
Herself
Bembol Roco
Himself
Snooky Serna
Herself
Raul Aragon
Himself
Paquito Diaz
Himself
Tonio Gutierrez
Himself
Dave Brodett
Himself
Aida Carmona
Crying woman in the elevator (uncredited)
7.8
Moral
The episodically connected lives of four college friends unfold throughout the incipient martial law years, as they struggle to define their sexual and professional desires and how best to attain them.
1982-12-25 | tl
7.7
Third World Hero
Two filmmakers try to create a film venturing on the life of Jose Rizal. Before they do that, they try to investigate on the heroism of the Philippine national hero. Of particular focus is his supposed retraction of his views against the Roman Catholic Church during the Spanish regime in the Philippines which he expressed primarily through his two novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The investigation was done mainly by "interviewing" key individuals in the life of Rizal such as his mother Teodora Alonso, his siblings Paciano, Trinidad, and Narcisa, his love interest and supposed wife Josephine Bracken, and the Jesuit priest who supposedly witnessed Rizal's retraction, Fr. Balaguer. Eventually, the two filmmakers would end up "interviewing" Rizal himself to get to the bottom of the issue.
2000-02-16 | tl
7.0
Call Center Girl
In her bouts to help her daughter, Teresa accidently lands on a call center job where Regina is employed, giving her a chance (or is it really?) to rekindle her relationship with her daughter. In the call center, she meets people coming from different walks of life; fun-loving Richie, young-living Lolay, prim and proper Martin, and their monster Team Leader Vince.
2013-11-27 | tl
4.0
Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir
Pedro Calungsod, a young Filipino man, leaves his Visayan native roots to join the Spanish Jesuit priest Fr. Diego de San Vitores in his mission to the Marianas Islands (Guam) in 1668. The San Diego Mission arrives in the Marianas where the young Pedro, a trained catechist and mission assistant, begins work for Fr. Diego de San Vitores in baptizing the Chamorro natives, preaching the holy gospel and spreading the good news of salvation through the Christian faith amidst paganism, doubt and disbelief. Despite the longing for his father and the threats to their lives, even at the peril of death, Pedro and Fr. Diego continued their missionary work. They roamed the dangerous islands and baptized many more natives and continued to enlighten them about Christianity.
2013-12-25 | en
0.0
Ang Anino Ni Asedillo
Asedillo, the modern day Robin Hood has been the icon of the poor. Needless to say, he had a lot of followers who wanted to do the same.. take the excess of the rich and give it to the less fortunate members of the society. But eventually, the group starts to fall apart, when everybody start to think of their own interests. And only those with honest intentions will prevail.
1988-06-01 | tl
7.3
Do Re Mi
Three girls divided by personalities, cultural backgrounds and principles have one thing in common, their love for music.
1996-07-28 | en
0.0
Kabisera
A Filpino family deals with hooded people who are involved in extra-judicial killings and other abuses in Philippine society.
2016-12-25 | tl
5.0
Oro
The film is about the lives of simple folk caught between the crossfire of Kapitana accused of political patronage, and Patrol Kalikasan using the environment as a front for their own political and economic interests on the small mining community.
2016-12-25 | tl
0.0
The Last Interview: The Mayor Antonio Halili Story
It shows the colorful life of the departed mayor of Tanauan City told in the point of view of Soriano who had an in-depth interview with the slain politician.
2019-05-22 | tl
8.0
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
EDSA XXX takes us on a wild ride through the ups and downs, twists and turns in the life of one man’s downfall and the rise to fame of another. The present leader KULOG NEGRO has led the country to progress; his rallying call is championing poverty for the benefit of tourists and film festivals. But the well-meaning leader is a mere puppet in the political arena and someone has just decided that he has to go.
2012-12-01 | tl
5.0
Ishmael
An ex-convict who is ostracized by his neighborhood. Little does he know that this neighborhood he once knew is set to awaken his past. Ishmael decided to come back home to find peace and solitude in a place familiar to him. But his dream of rebuilding his shattered past is shaken when a mysterious innocent girl ends up in his front yard. A powerful religious cult headed by an enigmatic leader known as the Ama, is running the town.
2010-11-08 | en
6.1
2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten
Felix is a friendless achiever in high school whose life changes after the arrival of the half-American Snyder brothers, entangling him in their dark ambitions.
2016-11-17 | tl
5.0
Lily
Stories abound in Cebu about a woman rumored to be a murderous monster, but behind the myth is a mother seeking justice.
2016-11-15 | tl
0.0
Malinak Ya Labi
It is a custom in some towns in Pangasinan to offer a life of an animal when constructing buildings, but one day during the town’s fiesta they discover the body of a young boy that leads to a chain of story and a chain of deaths.
2016-11-16 | tl
7.0
Si Magdalola at ang Mga Gago
Drug-dealing and sex-starved goons mistakenly disturbs the peaceful lives of a frail witch and her grandchild in a remote town in the mountains.
2016-11-14 | tl
4.8
Tisay
In the world of semi-pro basketball, a beautiful bookie recruits a naïve but promising player to the underworld of game-fixing.
2016-11-14 | tl
5.0
12
A subtle and brilliant sexual awakening of a boy, who is torn between following his wishes or away from them, even though the world that opens before it is too powerful to be ignored in this way.
2008-12-02 | tl
1.0
Lamog
A family falls into turmoil as the son defies his abusive father in order to protect the people he loves.
2011-05-04 | tl
3.0
Teach Me to Love
Mark is a high school senior who makes a personal problem out of his parents break-up when his mother leaves home for another woman. The thought of being the butt of jokes for "having two fathers" horrifies him. All these worries and angst take the backseat when a new teacher comes to campus. Her name is Connie and she is an instant hit among the boys. It is love at first sight for Mark. However, Connie has an affair with Vincent, a married man.
2008-07-18 | tl
0.0
Sagrada Familia
A mother works abroad to fulfill the dreams of her family, but when she returns, she finds that her husband and daughter have disappeared. Thus begins a search for her family, leading the mother down shady roads, only to discover a devastating truth.
2009-12-23 | tl