Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Movie · 125 min. · Philippines
Julio, a young fisherman, leaves his village to go to Manila, where he hopes to find his fiancée Ligaya, who went there for her studies and from whom he hasn’t heard anything. In order to make a living, he gets a job as a worker on a construction site, but he will soon discover the slums of the Filipino capital.
Direction Lino Brocka
Cast Hilda Koronel · Bembol Roco · Lou Salvador Jr. · Joonee Gamboa · Pio De Castro III · Danilo Posadas · Jose Jardinazo · 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
Soundtrack Max V. Jocson
Screenplay Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr. · Edgardo Reyes
Cinematography Mike De Leon
Original title Maynila: Sa mga kuko ng liwanag
7.2
181 votes (FilmAffinity)
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