MANILA IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT - BLU-CRITERION COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1975
• Genre: Drama, Mystery
• Plot: 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.
• Cast: Hilda Koronel, Bembol Roco, Lou Salvador Jr., Joonee Gamboa, Pio De Castro III, Danilo Posadas, Joe Jardy, Spanky Manikan, Edipolo Erosido, Pancho Pelagio, Purita Yap, Josephine Gutierrez, Gina Zegui, Ronnie Magalong, Anna Marie Nicolas, Victor Diendo, Lily Gamboa Mendoza, Abelardo Reyes, Joe Gruta, Julie De Guzman, Nina Lorenzo, Brenda Fajardo, Mely Mallari, Cita Javellana, Tommy Yap, Juling Bagabaldo, Ellen Cacho, Fred Capulong, Jojo Abella, Chiqui Xerxes-Burgos, Rikki Jimenez, Sabrina, Pitay, Veronica, Jun Macapinlac, Jerry O'Hara, Bobby Roldan, Rudy Hermano, Orlando Nadres, Ricardo De Guzman, Socrates B. Jose, Greg Llenado, Tommy Abuel, Estrella Kuenzler, Edwin O'Hara, Lorli Villanueva, Arturo Soquerata, Mario O'Hara, Sibyl Santiago, Lino Brocka, Edgardo Reyes, Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr.
• Director: Lino Brocka
• Runtime: 2:06
• Company: LVN Pictures, Film Development Council of the Philippines
• Media Format: Movie