MANILA IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT
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- RELEASED IN: 1975
- 125 MINUTES
- DIRECTED BY: Lino Brocka
ABOUT THE FILM:
In Filipino with English subtitles.
Lino Brocka broke through to international acclaim with this candid portrait of 1970s Manila, the second film in the director’s turn to more serious-minded filmmaking after building a career on mainstream films he described as “soaps.” A young fisherman from a provincial village arrives in the capital on a quest to track down his girlfriend, who was lured there with the promise of work and hasn’t been heard from since. In the meantime, he takes a low-wage job at a construction site and witnesses life on the streets, where death strikes without warning, corruption and exploitation are commonplace, and protests hint at escalating civil unrest. Mixing visceral, documentary-like realism with the narrative focus of Hollywood noir and melodrama, MANILA IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT is a howl of anguish from one of the most celebrated figures in Philippine cinema.
FORMAT: DCP
DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films
COUNTRY: Philippines
