Manila in the Claws of Light [Criterion Collection] ( Blu-ray ) 06/12/18

Lino Brocka broke through to international acclaim with this candid portrait of 1970s Manila, the second film in the director’s turn to more serious-minded filmmaking after building a career on mainstream films 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.

CONDITION: NEW

Actors: Hilda Koronel, Rafael Roco Jr.
Directors: Lino Brocka
Format: Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: Tagalog
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
Unrated
Not Rated
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: June 12, 2018
Run Time: 125 minutes

Cast & Crew

Hilda Koronel Actor
Lou Salvador Atong
Tommy Abuel Actor

Technical Credits

Lino Brocka Director