Manila in the Claws of Light
Movie • 1975 • Drama
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A young fisherman from a provincial village arrives in the capital on a quest to track down his girlfriend, who was lured there with the promise of work and hasn’t been heard from since. In the meantime, he takes a low-wage job at a construction site and witnesses life on the streets, where death strikes without warning, corruption and exploitation are commonplace, and protests hint at escalating civil unrest.
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Off-screen; a woman recounts an experience unknowingly being given a drug and later waking up having presumably been raped and, additionally, living and raising a child with her rapist.
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Spoiler: the girlfriend of the protagonist has a baby and she's murdered
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A guy with a physical disability is referred to as a "cripple" at one point.
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