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  1. Jul 30, 2019 · Summary: Based on a 1967 novel by Edgardo M. Reyes, Manila tells the simple tale of a country lad named Julio who ventures to the big city in search of his girlfriend, Ligaya.1 The latter goes missing shortly after being recruited to work as a housemaid.

  2. Sep 30, 2019 · Manila: In the Claws of Light is a 1975 Filipino drama film directed by Lino Brocka that narrates the hardships of Julio Madiaga (played by Bembol Roco) as he scours the city of Manila in search of...

  3. Agila ng Maynila (lit.'Eagle of Manila') is a 1988 Filipino action film directed by Pablo Santiago, written by Pablo S. Gomez, and produced by Fernando Poe Jr., who stars as Mauro Reyes, the titular "eagle" of Manila.

  4. Jun 12, 2018 · De Leon offered Brocka the resources to make a film based on Sa mga kuko ng liwanag (In the Claws of Light), a social-realist novel by Edgardo Reyes that had been serialized by a mass-market literary magazine in the late sixties.

  5. Manila in the Claws of Light: Directed by Lino Brocka. With Hilda Koronel, Bembol Roco, Lou Salvador Jr., Joonee Gamboa. Júlio Madiaga, a 'provinciano', arrives in Manila to search for his beloved, Ligaya.

  6. Manila in the Claws of Light. Lino Brocka achieved international acclaim with this candid portrait of 1970s Manila, a breakout example of the more serious-minded filmmaking the director had turned to after building a career on mainstream movies he described as “soaps.”.

  7. Apr 18, 2018 · Bembol Roco in a scene from Lino Brocka’s ‘Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag.’. Photo from Video 48 blog. MANILA -- “Maynila sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila in the Claws of Light)” by National Artist for Cinema Lino Brocka was recently chosen as among the greatest films from around the world by The Criterion Collection.