Insiang
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 was the first Philippine film ever to play at Cannes.
Insiang was restored by the Cineteca di Bologna/ L’Immagine Ritrovata. Restoration funded by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and the Film Development Council of the Philippines.
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Cast
- Hilda Koronel
- Insiang
- Mona Lisa
- Tonya
- Ruel Vernal
- Dado
- Rez Cortez
- Bebot
- Nina Lorenzo
- Ludy Karyas
- Marlon Ramirez
- Nanding Karyas
- Mely Mallari
- Tonya’s sister-in-law
- Carpi Asturias
- Mr. Karyas
- Eddie Pagayon
- Bebot’s friend
- Joe Jardi
- Bebot’s friend
- Danny Posadas
- Dado’s friend
- Tommy Yap
- Hotel manager
- Members of the PETA
- And
- Kalinangan Ensemble
Credits
- Director
- Lino Brocka
- Executive producer
- Ruby Tiong Tan
- Screenplay by
- Mario O’Hara
- Screenplay by
- Lamberto E. Antonio
- Based on the novel by
- Mario O’Hara
- Editor
- Augusto Salvador
- Director of photography
- Conrado Baltazar
- In charge of production
- Rogelio B. Pasicolan
- Assistant director
- Jerry O’Hara
- Production manager
- George Santos
- Sound supervisor
- Rudy Baldovino
- Sound effects
- Danny Salvador
- Music
- Minda D. Azarcon
- Art director
- Fiel Zabat
- Set dresser
- Jun Manuel
- Makeup
- Joey Luna
- Assistant camera
- Dharry Boy Bustos
- Electrician
- Roberto Sarmiento
- Sound
- Ago Salvador
- Clapper
- Divino Derige
- Camera lifter
- Renato de la Paz
- Utility
- Romulo Herangco
- Utility
- Roberto Kabahar
- Still photographers
- Romeo Vitug
- Still photographers
- Jimmy Peralta
A scene from Insiang
