Bayan Ko: My Own Country

 

Lino Brocka, who died in a car accident in 1991, is considered the most important Filipino filmmaker. Maybe we could talk about Brocka’s main creed (of cinema as starting point, at gusts a second, for denunciation, for melodrama, for intelligence) or maybe we could present his Bayan Ko as one of the strongest left-hand punches Ferdinando Marcos’ dictatorship had ever received. Turning the story of a desperate guy who robs in order to support his family into the mirror of a period in time, and [...]

Duration

108 min

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