Manila in the Claws of Light
Lino Brocka achieved international acclaim with this candid portrait of 1970s Manila, a breakout example of the more serious-minded filmmaking the director had turned to after building a career on mainstream movies 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.Manila in the Claws of Light was restored in 2013 by the Film Development Council of the Philippines and the Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, LVN, Cinema Artists Philippines, and Mike De Leon. Restoration funded by Doha Film Institute.
Starring Hilda Koronel, Bembol Roco, Lou Salvador Jr., Tommy Abuel, Jojo Abella, Lily Gamboa Mendoza, Joonee Gamboa, Pio De Castro III, Joe Jardi, Spanky Manikan
Watch "Manila in the Claws of Light" from streaming services Google Play, Criterion Channel, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 1975. It's a drama and mystery movie, and has a rating of 7.8 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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