Julio arrives in Manila to search for his childhood love, Ligaya, and finds out she was sold and now works as a prostitute. He has to fight to free the girl and to survive in the Philippine capital.
Restored in 2013 by the World Cinema Foundation and the Film Development Council of the Philippines at Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with LVN, Cinema Artists Philippines and Mike de Leon. Restoration funding provided by Doha Film Institute.
Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag
1975
14 years
124 min.
Fiction
Philippines
Colorido
Lino Brocka
Miguel de Leon
Edgardo Jarlego, Ike Jarlego
Bembel Roco, Hilda Koronel, Rafael Roco Jr., Lou Salbador Jr., Tommy Abuel
Miguel de Leon, Severino Manotok
Max Jocson
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