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Manila in the Claws of Light Blu-ray

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Release Year: 1975

Runtime: 127 min

Director: Lino Brocka

Cast: Bembol Roco, Hilda Koronel, Lou Salvador Jr., Tommy Abuel, Lily Gamboa Mendoza

Studios: Cinema Artists

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.

Special Features:

New 4K digital restoration

by the Film Development Council of the Philippines and the Cineteca di Bologna, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, LVN, Cinema Artists Philippines, and cinematographer Mike De Leon, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.

Introduction

by filmmaker Martin Scorsese.

Signed: Lino Brocka

a 1987 documentary about the director by Christian Blackwood.

Manila... A Filipino Film

a 1975 documentary about the making of the film, featuring Brocka and actors Hilda Koronel and Rafael Roco Jr.

Interview

with critic, filmmaker, and festival programmer Tony Rayns.

PLUS: An essay

by film scholar José B. Capino.

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