#874: BROCKA, Lino: Insiang (1976)
BROCKA, Lino (Philippines)
Insiang [1976]
Spine #874
Blu-ray
The Booklet
Sixty-four page booklet featuring A Shared Mission, a foreward by Abbey Lustgarten, and Slum Goddess, an essay by Phillip Lopate on Insiang.
Commentary
None.
Introduction
By World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese.
Interview
With film historian Pierre Rissient on Insiang.
Extras Rating (0-40):
Insiang [1976]
Spine #874
Blu-ray
Jealousy and violence take center stage in this claustrophobic melodrama, a tautly constructed character study set in the slums of Manila. Lino Brocka crafts an eviscerating portrait of an innocent daughter and her bitter mother as women scorned. Insiang leads a quiet life dominated by household duties, but after she is raped by her mother's lover and abandoned by the young man who claims to care for her, she exacts vicious revenge. A savage commentary on the degradations of urban poverty, especially for women, Insiang ws the first Philippine film ever to play at Cannes.
94 minutes
Color
Monaural
in Tagalog
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Monaural
in Tagalog
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2017
Director/Writers
Based on the novel by Mario O’Hara.
Screenplay by O’Hara and Lamberto E. Antonio.
Lino Brocka was 37 when he directed Insiang.
Other Brocka films in the Collection:
#926: Manilla In The Claws Of Light (1975)
The Film
Other Brocka films in the Collection:
#926: Manilla In The Claws Of Light (1975)
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Sixty-four page booklet featuring A Shared Mission, a foreward by Abbey Lustgarten, and Slum Goddess, an essay by Phillip Lopate on Insiang.
Commentary
None.
Introduction
By World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese.
Interview
With film historian Pierre Rissient on Insiang.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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