Lino Brocka

A UNICEF-sponsored six-film anthology depicting childhood horrors around the world. “Hassane” – a malnourished child in Niger ...

A nun is ostracized by her superiors after a brutal encounter with a rapist leaves her pregnant.

The lives of a newly married couple and their mutual friend unravel after the wife becomes the victim of a gang rape during a honeymoon.

Famous TV commentator Maia Robles finds herself caught between having an affair with a politician and reporting on social issues, especially ...

After her mother dies in childbirth, a blind little girl has to learn to live with her wealthy father’s new wife—her new stepmother—and her two ...

The story of an unsuccessful attempt to convict a congressman’s son of rape takes an unexpected twist, as the accused pursues a friendship ...

A corrupt, lonely couple manipulates a naive, young couple using money, power, and lies.

A teenage boy befriends a starlet who is having an affair with an ambitious mayor. As the elections are coming up, the mayor’s wife wants ...

A young man achieves success as a singer, affecting everyone around him.

Salve, a content barrio lass, is married to Alfred, an aspiring politician. Alfred meets Via finds out that they can both be very useful to each ...

In 1985, in the obscure town of Dolores, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra, murders a foreign priest who gave the ...

A driver sells his baby to his wealthy childless employers, causing consequences years later.

Pol moves to Manila for better opportunities after his American lover leaves. However, he gets drawn into the gritty world of gay prostitution ...

Wanting a better life for his baby, a driver switches his son for his employers’ newborn girl, forever entwining the futures of both families and ...

Three stories of love starring Sharon Cuneta. The first, “I Love You, Moo-Moo” (directed by Leroy Salvador), is about a young bride ...

A riches story amidst the filth and squalor of the Smokey Mountain. A scavenger among the garbage who had to carry her crippled mother on her ...

The rich and beautiful Rosita would do anything to win the love of the man she had become obsessed with. Still, neither her beauty nor all the ...

A typical story of a hopeless Filipino worker whose last resort is to work abroad to save his family from poverty. Melo trudge the desert to look ...

A street hustler falls in love with a bar girl. They get married, but separate when the guy gets meted a death sentence after gunning down a rich ...

Three poor girls from the provinces of the Philippines are lured to the big city. In Manila they are tricked to work in the sex trade.

A young boy discovers his politician father’s corruption and cruelty as he discovers his real mother is a victim of his own father’s ...

A laborer gets money for his wife’s pregnancy from his boss on the condition that he will not join the union.

An actress’s past is unraveled after a fan starts stalking her.

A 1984 erotic melodrama by Lino Brocka about a former softcore porn star (“bold star” in the Philippines), her abusive husband and ...

Dreaming to be released from her miserable life of poverty, Aida, a waitress, abandons her bedridden father, her moralistic mother, her jobless ...

This official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1983 directed by Lino Brocka and starred Carmi Martin, Phillip Salvador, Dennis ...

A girl grew up alone in a secluded island, ostracized by the people for being born out of wed lock. A young Hawaii-based Filipino-speaking ...

A modern-day version of the biblical legend of Cain and Abel. Strong-willed matriarch Señora Pina favors her younger son Ellis over the older ...

This film probes into the minds and hearts of illegitimate children and their mothers.

Chuck is a TV executive who feels he has achieved his goals far too early in life. He decides to leave his wife Carissa to go on a soul-searching ...