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The first team-up of Richard Gomez and Carmina Villaruel, playing Ardo and Rosel in this action flick, which is at the same time Ishmael Bernal's last film that is an attack on the religious establishment. Together, they become a part of Manila's petty underworld. After all the ordeals they encounter, they realize that they lost their innocence as they brush with evil and corruption. But they still survive the ordeal and make a new life somewhere else.
Ishmael Bernal
Casts & Crew
Richard Gomez
Carmina Villaroel
Janice de Belen
Cherie Gil
Bembol Roco
Celeste Legaspi
Dave Brodett
Also Directed by Ishmael Bernal
Amy lives in the boundary that separates history and its subaltern. She meets Vic at the market where she works. They fall in love, they marry and as they start a new life in the city, Vic is wanted by the police. When the police closes on him, he tries to escape, but did not. He pretends that he found work somewhere far while he is in jail, so Amy waits for him. After nine years he does not show up, so she starts to work at a large store where he meets Mr. Yap. Mr. Yap is the rich Chinese who owns the grocery store, and he immediately falls in love with Amy. Amy hesitates, but finally gives in and marries the wealthy man. When Vic returns, conflict ensues. Amy must choose between the two men, but could not: she loves Vic, but Yap provides for her. She is torn, until the situation is decided for her.
The life of gruff tricycle deliverer Olga (Maricel Soriano) gets thrown for a loop when she collides with fellow rider Truman (William Martinez), and the love-struck vendor makes it his mission to win her heart. Acclaimed Filipino director Ishmael Bernal (Himala) helms this charming romantic comedy that also stars Bayani Casimiro, Manny CastaƱeda, Perry Fajardo and Opalyn Forster.
This drama offers a rare chance to compare the styles of two major Filipino filmmakers. Ishmael Bernal directs the first episode from a screenplay by Jorge Arago, about a chance encounter between a spirited ex-nun and a dispirited architect played by Nora Aunor and Christopher de Leon. Celso Ad. Castillo helms the second episode from his own screenplay, tells the story of another chance encounter this time between Solly (Alona Alegre) and Chris (Romeo Vasquez), two former lovers.
Ishmael Bernal's glittering sex comedy about a one-woman man and his playboy friend.
Ishmael Bernal deftly refracts the failing marriage through the example of other relationships--a gay couple's bitter quarrel, a younger sister's budding engagement--and in this way achieves a view of Filipino society unsparing in observation and unparalleled in complexity.
The movie portrays wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary.
An innocent young woman who sells flowers in a small-town cabaret frequented by down-and-out prostitutes is lusted after by the son of a school principal, played by Anita Linda. An aging gardener takes her in to try to protect her from the harsh world, though secretly, he too lusts after the young girl, in spite of his impotence cause by the war. She goes to school, where morality and empty platitudes are mouthed, but the attempts at life's lessons are foiled by the realities of the cabaret world. While the school and the gardener try to protect her innocence, the young girl is lured by the temptation of the worldly cabaret, and her womanhood is awakened.
A provincial son who just finished law school embarked on becoming a successful man, even if it means leaving behind his former life and seducing a woman beyond his means.
Opposites attract when Trixie, a spoiled rich brat, and Alex, a hardworking taxi driver, fall in love.
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