Insiang [videorecording] / a film by Lino Brocka.
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TextSeries: Cine FilipinoPublisher: Makati City : Unico Entertainment, c2007Description: 1 videodisc (95 min)Summary: "Insiang" is Lino Brocka's tale of one girl's coming of age in the slums of Manila. The title character, played by Hilda Koronel, is a young girl who lives in a small crowded shanty with her mother, Tonia (Mona Lisa). Her boyfriend Danny (Rex Cortez) treats her little better than a sex object and her mother's lover Dado (Ruel Vernal), overcome by desire for young Insiang, rapes her in her own home. She runs to her mother for sympathy but gets rejected instead. Disillusioned and worn out, Insiang decides on revenge. "Insiang" has the distinction of being the first Filipino film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1978, where both Lino Brocka and Hilda Koronel garnered much attention and acclaim from the international film community. The film also earned a number of important awards and nominations including the Manila Film Festival best Actress for Koronel.
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| PN1997 A45AD 2008 Adela [videorecording]. / | PN1997 B34BU 2008 Bagong buwan [videorecording]. | PN1997 B38 2003 Batch '81 [videorecording]. | PN1997 B76IN 2007 Insiang [videorecording] / | PN1997 B76NA 2007 Ang tatay kong nanay [videorecording] / | PN1997 B76TA 2007 Tatlo, dalawa, isa [videorecording] / | PN1997 B76ti 2007 Tinimbang ka ngunit kulang [videorecording] / |
Language: Filipino Subtitles: English
"Insiang" is Lino Brocka's tale of one girl's coming of age in the slums of Manila. The title character, played by Hilda Koronel, is a young girl who lives in a small crowded shanty with her mother, Tonia (Mona Lisa). Her boyfriend Danny (Rex Cortez) treats her little better than a sex object and her mother's lover Dado (Ruel Vernal), overcome by desire for young Insiang, rapes her in her own home. She runs to her mother for sympathy but gets rejected instead. Disillusioned and worn out, Insiang decides on revenge. "Insiang" has the distinction of being the first Filipino film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1978, where both Lino Brocka and Hilda Koronel garnered much attention and acclaim from the international film community. The film also earned a number of important awards and nominations including the Manila Film Festival best Actress for Koronel.
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