Lino Brocka’s “Manila sa Kuko ng Liwanag” [Manila in the - TopicsExpress



          

Lino Brocka’s “Manila sa Kuko ng Liwanag” [Manila in the Claws of Light] begins with a whisper and ends with a howl. In between, there are grace notes, escalating horrors and the peripatetic journey of a country mouse, Julio (Rafael Roco Jr., later known as Bembol Roco), in the big city. It’s a story of struggle, survival, endurance and defeat that Brocka, perhaps the most celebrated of Filipino directors, filmed down and dirty in Manila when the Philippines was still in the grip of dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. Brocka, a political activist as well as a prolific filmmaker, died in a car accident in 1991 at 52, and is ready for rediscovery. Read more: bit.ly/1ccY22R
Posted on: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 09:15:01 +0000

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