BROCKAMANIA! The biggest retrospective on Lino Brocka ever!

Cinekatipunan.MOV presents

"BROCKAMANIA!"

26 films in 26 days.
The biggest retrospective on Lino Brocka ever!

This whole month of May is
BROCKA MONTH.
In celebration of Lino Brocka's
18th death anniversary (May 21, 1991).
Mondays to Saturdays,
5:30-7:30pm,
at Magnet Katipunan.
(except May23 Sat "Jaguar" 4:00pm)

Also,
BROCKA NIGHT
on May 20, 9:30pm,
featuring The Brockas,
The Purplechickens,
Live Tilapia,
Los Chupacabras,
Patience Dear Juggernaut,
Big T,
Through The Lens,
& other cinematic bands.

Brought to you by
.MOV International Digital Film Festival.

BROCKALENDARYO (4:30-6:30pm):
May 1, Fri: Santiago (1970)
May 2, Sat: P/X (1982)

May 4, Mon: Palipat-Lipat, Papalit-Palit / Keep On Changing, Keep On Moving (1982)
May 5, Tue: Pasan Ko Ang Daigdig / I Carry The World (1987)
May 6, Wed: Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita / I Will Rise And Crush You (1989)
May 7, Thu: Gumising Ka, Maruja / Wake Up, Maruja (1978)
May 8, Fri: Hayop Sa Hayop / Beast To Beast (1978)
May 9, Sat: Kontrobersiyal / Controversial (1981)

May 11, Mon: Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak / Dirty Affair (1990)
May 12, Tue: Tubog Sa Ginto / Dipped In Gold (1971)
May 13, Wed: Cain & Abel (1982)
May 14, Thu: Miguelito, Ang Batang Rebelde / Miguelito, The Rebel Boy (1985)
May 15, Fri: Ina, Kapatid, Anak / Mother, Sister, Daughter (1979)
May 16, Sat: Macho Dancer (1989)

May 18, Mon: Stardoom (1971)
May 19, Tue: Ina Ka Ng Anak Mo / You’re The Mother Of Your Child (1979)
May 20, Wed: Angela Markado (1980)
BROCKA NIGHT (9:30pm-1am): featuring The Brockas, Los Chupacabras, Us 2 Evil 0, Live Tilapia
May 21, Thu: Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa / Three, Two, One (1974)
May 22, Fri: Ang Tatay Kong Nanay / My Father Is My Mother (1978)
May 23, Sat: Jaguar (1979)

May 25, Mon: Orapronobis (1989)
May 26, Rue: Bona (1980)
May 27, Wed: Bayan Ko: Kapit Sa Patalim / My Country: In Desperate Straits (1984)
May 28, Thu: Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang / Weighed But Found Wanting (1974)
May 29, Fri: Insiang (1976)
May 30, Sat: Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag / Manila: In The Claws Of Light (1975)

BROCKANOPSIS

May 1, Friday
Santiago (1970)
Synopsis : Gonzalo was ordered to blow-up a building which was suspected of being a Japanese cache. But he soon finds that the building also housed a number of Filipino civilians, including women and children. He ends up killing all except on girl who he brings to a nearby village.
Starring : Fernando Poe, Jr., Dante Rivera, Boots Anson-Roa, Hilda Koronel, Jay Ilagan, Caridad Sanchez, Mildred Ortega, Mary Walter, Ruben Rustia, Lorli Villanueva, Joonee Gamboa, Mario O'Hara
Running Time : 123mins.

May 2, Saturday
P/X (1982)
Synopsis : The story begins with Graves, an American soldier stationed in the Philippines, and Lydia, a Filipina, meeting up and relationship begins. Unfortunately, Graves accidentally kills a young boy while on duty at the American base, and the boy happens to be the little brother of Lydia’s former lover, Sidro, who is a hit man for the top mobster Gomez.
Starring: Hilda Koronel, Philip Salvador, Leonard Urso
Running Time : 98 mins.

May 4, Monday
Palipat-Lipat, Papalit-Palit / Keep On Changing, Keep On Moving (1982)
Synopsis : A workaholic career girl unconsciously neglects relationship with her husband. Only to find out, her husband won't be able to give what she needs most.
Starring : Dina Bonnevie, Cristopher de Leon, Mark Gil
Running : 97 mins.

May 5, Tuesday
Pasan Ko ang Daigdig / I Carry the World (1987)
Synopsis : Lupe Velez carries the weight of the world in her shoulders. At a young age, she begs around the busy streets of Manila while carrying her crippled mother on her back. Still, Lupe is determined in working hard to live her dream of a better life.
Starring : Sharon Cuneta, Tonton Gutierrez, Loretta Marquez, Rey “PJ” Abellana, Mark Gil, Princess Punzalan, Mario Montenegro, Anita Linda, Raoul Aragon, Deborah Sun, Mari-len Martinez, Jimmy Reyes, Joey Luna, Estrella Antonio, Bebot Davao
Running time : 130 mins.

May 6, Wednesday
Babangon Ako’t Dudurugin Kita / I will Rise and Crush You (1989)
Synopsis : Salve is a loving wife to Alfred, an aspiring politician. However, Alfred meets Via and they both set to pursue a political career since Via is from a powerful political family. As they plan a scheme to get rid of Salve, she survives the carnage and takes revenge.
Starring : Sharon Cuneta, Cristopher de Leon, Hilda Koronel, Bembol Roco, Mona Lisa, Ruben Rustia, Tom Olivar, William Lorenzo, Tony Tacorda, Jimmy Reyes, Pocholo Montes, Gina Perez, Fred Capulong, Jose Jardinazo, Nanding Josef
Running time : 100 mins.

May 7, Thursday
Gumising Ka, Maruja / Wake Up, Maruja (1978)
Synopsis : Maruja committed suicide by poisoning herself on her wedding night several decades ago and seems to have been reincarnated in an actress-producer. Events turn when the past collides with the present.
Starring : Susan Roces, Phillip Salvador, Mario O'Hara, Laurice Guillen
Running time : 123 mins.

May 8, Friday
Hayop sa Hayop / Beast to Beast (1978)
Synopsis : Benjie, Andrew, and Alicia plotted a bank robbery with a wild escape. Benjie and Andrew, leaders of the gang, decided to escape from the authorities with Alicia carrying a large sum of money. Since the incident was all over the papers, they had to cross even the devil’s highway than to surrender and face the death sentence.
Starring : Bembol Roco, Hilda Koronel, Phillip Salvador, Paquito Diaz
Running time : 98 mins.

May 9, Saturday
Kontrobersyal / Controversial (1981)
Synopsis : Blinded by the bright lights of show business and sugar-coated promises offered by producer Mers Madsen, Carina Daluz walked toward the path to stardom. Things turned around when her stardom compromised her sanity, corrupted her soul, and stole her innocence.
Starring : Gina Alajar, Charo Santos, Philip Salvador
Running Time : 115 mins.

May 11, Monday
Gumapang Ka sa Lusak / Dirty Affair (1990)
Synopsis : The Mayor of Manila has been keeping an affair with a formerly famous local movie star for years. Although his wife has been aware of the secret affair, she went along as long as it didn’t threaten her cushy and powerful position. However, the mayor is coming up for re-election and he’s threatened that his little secret is about to become public property.
Starring: Dina Bonnevie, Cristopher de Leon, Eddie Garcia, Charo Santos, Bembol Roco, Allan Paule, Francis Magalona, William Lorenzo, Perla Bautista, Anita Linda, Lucita Soriano, Timmy Diwa
Running Time: 115 mins.

May 12, Tuesday
Tubog sa Ginto / Dipped in Gold (1971)
Synopsis : Tubog sa Ginto is a story of a gay man living in the 70s Manila. He’s married to a beautiful wife and fathers a young man. Almost living a perfect life of financial stability and beautiful family, he is terrified of being outed.
Starring : Eddie Garcia, Mario O'Hara, Lolita Rodriguez, Marissa Delgado, Jay Ilagan, Hilda Koronel, Luis Gonzales, Jimmy Morato, Veronica Palileo, Joonee Gamboa, Joe Avelino, Lorli Villanueva
Running Time : 122 mins.

May 13, Wednesday
Cain & Abel (1982)
Synopsis : Ellis and Lorens are quarrelling brothers set to inherit their large ranch from an overbearing mother. Ellis, the older brother, is womanizer who fathers the offspring resulted from his seductions with various housemaids, while remaining married to his wife. The younger brother, Lorens, is also married but he is not as prodigal as his older brother. Events plot to get each brother involved in gangs and threaten their future as it may be shorter than their mother’s.
Starring : Cristopher de Leon, Phillip Salvador, Cecile Castillo, Gloria Guinto
Running Time : 109 mins.

May 14, Thursday
Miguelito, Ang Batang Rebelde / Miguelito, The Rebel Boy (1985)
Synopsis : Miguelito “Mike” Herera lives a happy go lucky life. However, his father, Mayor Ven Herera, is preparing his only soon to be his predecessor. Mike’s mother, Auring, has just come out of jail and swore to take her son back. To find the truth, Mike asked his parents about who is his real mother but they refuse to tell the truth.
Starring : Aga Muhlach, Nida Blanca, Eddie Garcia, Gloria Romero, Gretchen Barretto, Lisa Lorena, Nadia Montenegro
Running Time : 116 mins.

May 15, Friday
Ina, Kapatid, Anak / Mother, Sister, Daughter (1979)
Synopsis : Pura returns to her hometown to see her ailing father. She is reunited with her half-sister Emilia, who seduced her boyfriend 20 years ago. Her visit opens up old wounds and revives the sibling rivalry between the two.
Starring : Charito Solis, Lolita Rodriquez, Rio Locsin, Ric Rodrigo, Laurice Guillen, Raul Aragon, Lorli Villanueva, Manny Ojeda
Running Time : 93 mins.

May 16, Saturday
Macho Dancer (1989)
Synopsis : Pol is a probinsyano who travels to Manila after his gay American GI lover leaves the Philippines. After taking a job as a dancer he quickly becomes a male prostitute in order to survive. He meets Noel, his new roommate, who’s looking for his sister missing in Manila. Pol and Noel short change a corrupt cop on some drug money in hopes of rescuing Noel’s sister from the brothel.
Starring : Allan Paule, Daniel Fernando, Jaclyn Rose, Princess Punzalan, William Lorenzo, Timothy Diwa, Angelo Miguel, Johnny Vicar, Lucita Soriano, Joel Lamangan, Bobby Sano, Charlie Catalla
Running Time : 133 mins.

May 18, Monday
Stardoom (1971)
Synopsis : Movie about the movies. An ambitious smother pushes her youngest son into a tragic career in show business. Her son soon decides that he must not be associated with his illiterate mother for fear that his humble and humiliating background be exposed.
Starring : Mario O'Hara, Lolita Rodriguez, Eddie Garcia, Caridad Sanchez, Jimmy Morato, Joonee Gamboa, Hilda Koronel, Walter Navarro, Lotis Key, Celeste Legaspi, Tita Muñoz
Running Time : 145 mins.

May 19, Tuesday
Ina Ka ng Anak Mo / You’re the Mother of Your Child (1979)
Synopsis : The story portrays the everyday life of Renata and her daughter Ester, who is married to Luis. Unfortunately, Ester and her mother get into a heated argument resulting to Renata feeling emotional about it. She then confides to Luis about her problems, which results to one night of passionate union.
Starring : Nora Aunor, Lolita Rodriguez, Raul Aragon, Lorli Villanueva
Running Time : 97 mins.

May 20, Wednesday
Angela Markado (1980)
Synopsis : The story Angela revolves around a woman named Angela Delmar who, one night, fell into the hands of five men who took turns in raping her. After raping her, each man tattooed her on her back before selling her to a brothel, from which she later on escaped. Upon returning home, she discovered that her friend also suffered the same fate and vowed to take revenge on the men who violated her.
Starring : Hilda Koronel, Johnny Delgado, Celia Rodriquez, Rez Cortez, Ruel Vernal, Tonio Gutierrez, Dave Brodett, Raul Aragon, Archie Adamos, Menggie Cobarrubias, Ely Roque
Running Time : 100 mins.

May 21, Thursday
Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa / Three, Two, One (1974)
Synopsis : Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa contains three separate stories. The first one deals with drug addiction in the slums, another deal with a poor mother trying to raise a GI baby, and the last one concerns a spinster who is burdened with a mother to care for.
Starring : Anita Linda, Mario O'Hara, Lolita Rodriguez, Hilda Koronel, Jay Ilagan, Mary Walter, Perla Bautista, Bembol Roco, Socrates Topacio, Roger Mariscal, Rolly Papasin, Laurice Guillen
Running Time : 129 mins.

May 22, Friday
Ang Tatay Kong Nanay / My Father is My Mother (1978)
Synopsis : Coring is a gay beautician whose companion Dennis left him for a bar hostess, Mariana. One year later, Dennis comes to his doorstep to deposit a baby boy, presumably his and Mariana’s lovechild.
Starring : Philip Salvador, Dolphy, Niño Muhlach, Phillip Salvador
Running time : 115 mins.

May 23, Saturday (4:00pm)
Jaguar (1979)
Synopsis : Poldo becomes a security guard in a posh apartment house to help support his family. Trouble arises after he saves resident Sonny from a corrupt nightclub owner’s attack. Soon after Sonny offers Poldo a job to be his bodyguard, Poldo realizes that his new employer publishes porno magazines and just as corrupt as his attacker. Not long after that, Poldo accidentally tangles himself in gang wars and violence.
Starring : Philip Salvador, Amy Austria, Menggie Cobarrubias, Anita Linda, Johnny Delgado, Sonny Gaston, Mario Escudero, Jimmy Santos, Jose Cunanan, Fred Param, Nonoy de Guzman, Eddie Gicoso
Running time : 123 mins.

May 25, Monday
Orapronobis (1989)
Synopsis : A social activist is finally released from prison after the fall of the Marcos regime. Unfortunately, ultra-conservative death squads terrorize the island. The activist decides to team up with a radical priest to stop the vengeful vigilantes.
Starring : Philip Salvador, Dina Bonnevie, Gina Alajar, Bembol Roco, Ginnie Sobrino, Abbo de la Cruz, Pen Medina, Joel Lamangan, Gerard Bernschein, Ernie Zarate, Jess Ramos, Obby Castaneda
Running time : 94 mins.

May 26, Tuesday
Bona (1989)
Synopsis : Bona is a middle-class schoolgirl who falls in love with an older gigolo. She waits for him while he pursues other women as he assumes he can dump Bona when he’s tired of her. But meek little Bona responds to this arrogance with hell-hath-no-fury violence.
Starring : Nora Aunor, Philip Salvador, Rustica Carpio, Venchito Galvez, Marissa Delgado, Nanding Josef, Spanky Manikan, Raquel Montesa
Running time : 90 mins.

May 27, Wednesday
Bayan Ko : Kapit sa Patalim / My Country : In Desperate Straits (1985)
Synopsis : Arturo and his wife, Luz, is both working in a printing press, After Luz becomes pregnant, Aruro asked for a raise in exchange of signing a waiver that he is not part of any Labor Union. Soon after, his friends invited him to a labor union but he refuses; causing his colleagues to treat him as a traitor. When the printing press closed down, Arturo pursued a life of crime just to pay for the medical fees in the hospital where Luz is confined.
Starring : Phillip Salvador, Gina Alajar, Claudia Zobel, Raoul Aragon, Rez Cortez, Venchito Galves, Aristo Reyes, Jr., Lorli Villanueva, Gloria Guinto, Lucita Soriano, Joe Taruc, PETA Kalinangan Ensemble, Tanya Shpilevoy, Nomer Son, Bongchi Miraflor, Jess de la Paz, Paquito Diaz, Mona Lisa
Running time : 108 mins.

May 28, Thursday
Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang / Weighed But Found Wanting (1974)
Synopsis : The story of a deranged woman, wanders about in dirty clothes and with mangy hair. Bertong Ketong, a leper, attracts Kuala and takes her to his shack in the cemetery. Junior makes friends with the two, defying his father’s demand to stay away from them.
Starring : Cristopher de Leon, Lolita Rodriquez, Eddie Garcia, Lorli Villanueva, Mario O'Hara, Lilia Dizon, Joonee Gamboa, Ernie Zarate, Hilda Koronel, Bey Vito, Laurice Guillen, Jerry O'Hara
Running time : 120 mins.

May 29, Friday
Insiang (1976)
Synopsis : Insiang washes clothing for a living while enduring harassment by her mother. When she is raped by her mother’s lover, she plans on a subtle course of revenge.
Starring : Hilda Koronel, Mona Lisa, Rez Cortez, Ruel Vernal, Marlon Ramirez, Nina Lorenzo, Mely Mallari, Carpi Asturias, George Atutubo, Eddie Pagayon, Joe Jardi, Danny Posadas
Running time : 95 mins.

May 30, Friday
Maynila : Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanang / Manila : In the Claws of Light (1975)
Synopsis : Julio is a probinciano who has lost track of his childhood sweetheart Ligaya in the busy streets of Manila. In a major quest, he enters the sprawling metropolis in order to find her.
Starring : Hilda Koronel, Lou Salvador, Tommy Abuel
Running time : 123 mins.