Bembol Roco

Lino Brocka achieved international acclaim with this candid portrait of 1970s Manila, a breakout example of the more serious-minded filmmaking the director had turned to after building a career on mainstream movies 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.

A surreal tale of a poor middle-aged wife who longs to have a child but gives birth to a magical fish, making her and her husband instant celebrities.

World War II shatters the idyllic life of schoolteacher Rosario, and after the Japanese Capt. Masugi drunkenly forces himself on her, he desperately tries to return to her good graces and keep her safe amidst the war and the villagers' suspicion.

Two Jesuit priests must help solve a series of child murders in the slums of Manila — and find the serial killer who's preying on vulnerable boys.

Two college freshmen meet on their last day of school and decide to play a game of dares that eventually forces them to confront their issues, leading to the start of a possible romance.

A hot-shot Australian reporter covering the turmoil of revolution in Indonesia, gets involved with a sexy British attaché.