Manila by Night

  • Philippines City After Dark
Philippines, 1980, 150 min

Résumés(1)

Ishmael Bernal᾽s most famous and controversial work portrays Manila in the 1970s as a place where a cluster of relationships unravels. The characters include a blind masseuse Bea, a lesbian drug addict Kano, a married taxi driver Pebrero who has an affair with both his pregnant lover Baby and his male lover Manay, while his wife Ade works as a prostitute. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)

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