Crispin is a soltero who has undergone several heartbreaks with women, broken family ties, and his own personal conflicts. In his evolution as a man, he shows his weakness, his strengths, his confusion.Read More »
Jay Ilagan
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Pio De Castro III – Soltero (1984)
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Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara – Minsa’y isang gamu-gamo AKA Once a Moth (1976)
1971-1980DramaLupita Aquino-KashiwaharaPhilippinesPoliticsPLOT: Living near the US Clark Air Base, Corazon de la Cruz dreams of a better life in America… until the unspeakable happens.Read More »
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Mike De Leon – Kisapmata AKA In Just the Wink of an Eye (1981)
1981-1990DramaMike De LeonPhilippinesThrillerPLOT: A crime-drama-suspense genre film not often seen in Philippine cinema. A controlling patriarch loses it over his daughter’s marriage and her attempts to escape from their incestuous household.Read More »
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Mike De Leon – Kakabakaba ka ba? AKA Will Your Heart Beat Faster? (1980)
1971-1980ComedyCultMike De LeonPhilippinesPLOT: Kakabakaba Ka Ba? (lit. Does Your Heart Beat Faster?) is a 1980 musical-romantic comedy film produced by LVN Pictures (in its last offering) in 1980, with Mike De Leon as director.
The film revolves on two couples who found themselves in conflict with the foreign commercial giants that control the Philippine economy, the Japanese and the Chinese. Moreover, it involved the Catholic Church which has a stranglehold on the Philippine society itself. The film reflects on the Philippine economy and society being primarily controlled by other forces for their own benefits and become instruments in performing illegal activities. Actors Christopher de Leon, Sandy Andolong, Jay Ilagan and Charo Santos starred as main cast in the film, while Johnny Delgado and APO Hiking Society’s Boboy Garovillo portrayed as main villains.Read More »
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Mike De Leon – Kisapmata AKA In Just the Wink of an Eye (1981)
1981-1990AsianCrimeMike De LeonPhilippinesPlot: Retired policeman holds a woman and daughter in a claustrophobic grip with his dictatorial behaviour. His son-in-law resists and the result is a confrontation. A gruesome monster in his familiarity: it could be your next-door neighbour.Read More »