Manila in the Claws of Light
2018 Foreign Not Rated 125 Minutes
In Theaters | N/A | |||
On 4K UHD | Not Available | |||
On Blu-ray | June 12, 2018 | |||
On DVD | June 12, 2018 |
Principal Cast
Director
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.
Not Rated.
Released by Criterion Collection. See more credits.