Lino Brocka - Manila

12 November, 2015 - 19:30
CINEMATEK, Brussels
talk+screening

Screening preceeded by a conversation about Lino Brocka between Lav Diaz and Pierre Rissient.

 

In the context of Lav Diaz’ visit to Belgium, a collaboration between CINEMATEK, Courtisane, BOZAR, VDFC, University of Antwerp, Cinema Zuid, Jeu de Paume, Paris, Le Festival d’Automne à Paris, Austrian Film Museum, Cineteca Bologna and with the support of the Philippine Embassy in Belgium.

Special thanks to Lav Diaz, Hazel Orencio, NCCA, Milay Calonge, Faith Planas-Bautista, Nadin Mai.

The Making of Manila

documentary
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PH
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1975
,
DCP
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22'

A newly rediscovered documentary on the making of Maynila, by director Lino Brocka and producer/cinematographer Miguel de Leon. Brocka is seen directing his actors, staging scenes, and discussing his artistic vision and political activism.

Manila in the Claws of Light

Lino Brocka
,
PH
,
1975
,
DCP
,
colour
,
125'

Manila in the Claws of Light (Maynila: Sa mga kuko ng liwanag) tells the story of a young provincial named Julio Madiaga who goes to the city to look for his lost love, Ligaya Paraiso. From its opening shot of littered sidewalks to its final one of Julio, cowering at the bottom of a dead-end alley, it is a series of voluptuous images charged with urgency and captured raw and honest.

 

Restored in 2013 by the Film Foundation (World Cinema Project) and the Film Development Council of the Philippines at Cineteca di Bologna / L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with LVN, Cinema Artists Philippines and Mike de Leon.