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Bona

1984, Movie, NR, 90 mins

Bona: Review

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A fascinating Filipino film by one of that country's best directors. Aunor is a schoolgirl from a middle-class family who falls in love with Salvador, a seedy gigolo and part-time movie extra. She moves into his shanty in a Manila slum and takes care of him, performing menial tasks and patiently standing by while he carries on with other women. When he plans to leave her to go to America, though, she gets violent. Although Brocka is perhaps the best-known Filipino filmmaker (in Europe, at least), his works were frequently banned under the Ferdinand Marcos regime. Much of BONA was shot in 1980 in the slums of Manila, one of the last films to be made in the area. Filipino First Lady Imelda Marcos called most of the power structure of Filipino filmmaking into her office and reportedly announced, "American films make everyone want to be American. Filipino films should make us all pleased to be Filipinos and must only reflect the good, the true, the beautiful." (In Tagalog; English subtitles). leave a comment
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