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Manila in the claws of light [digital videodisc] = Maynila sa mga kuko ng liwanag / Mula SA Cinema Artists ; screenplay, Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. ; prodyuser, Severino Manotok Jr., Miguel De Leon ; direksiyon, Lino Brocka.

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[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]

Internal migrants -- Philippines -- Manila -- Drama.

City and town life -- Philippines -- Manila -- Drama.

Fishers -- Drama.

Manila (Philippines) -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 926.

2 videodiscs (125 min.) : DVD video, sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)

Two-DVD special edition.

Disc one. [Feature film] -- disc two. [Special features].

"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"--Container.

Rating: Not rated.

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