Summary Ishmael Bernal's opus recreates the quality and slow pace of life in a dying village surrounded by the sea as it is caught in the eternal cycle of love and hate, of fertility and pollution, of birth and death. A bold and successful attempt to depart from the usual commercial fare, it cryptically paints a large, bleak canvas showing rural fold and how their chances at redemption and happiness are irreversibly decimated by poverty, ignorance, neglect and the dark side of big business. View more details
Directed : Ishmael Bernal
Written : Jorge Arago
Stars : Elizabeth Oropesa George Estregan Ruben Rustia Daria Ramirez
Genres : Drama
Release date : Aug 5, 1976
Countries of origin : Philippines
Language : Spanish Filipino Tagalog
Production companies : Crown Seven Film Productions
Summary Ishmael Bernal's opus recreates the quality and slow pace of life in a dying village surrounded by the sea as it is caught in the eternal cycle of love and hate, of fertility and pollution, of birth and death. A bold and successful attempt to depart from the usual commercial fare, it cryptically paints a large, bleak canvas showing rural fold and how their chances at redemption and happiness are irreversibly decimated by poverty, ignorance, neglect and the dark side of big business. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Aug 5, 1976
Countries of origin : Philippines
Language : Spanish Filipino Tagalog
Production companies : Crown Seven Film Productions
