Movie: Signed: Lino Brocka

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Lino Brocka
Lino Brocka

Lorna Tolentino
Lorna Tolentino

Christopher de Leon
Christopher de Leon

Dina Bonnevie
Dina Bonnevie

Jay Ilagan
Jay Ilagan

Sharon Cuneta
Sharon Cuneta

Manfred Romero
Manfred Romero

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    Documentary filmmaker Christian Blackwood profiles controversial Filipino director Lino Brocka, detailing his rags-to-riches rise in the mainstream film industry of the Philippines. Primarily using interviews with the effusive director himself, Blackwood allows Brocka to describe, in his own terms, the common thematic threads tying together his work, from his own homosexuality to the political repression suffered by Filipinos at the hands of Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorial government.

  • Release Date

    1987-10-01

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    3.75

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    1.9 starts
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