AUDIOVISUALS
Insiang

Publisher: Cine Filipino / Unico Entertainment


Title Details
  • Insiang
Publishers
  • Makati CityCine Filipino / Unico Entertainment2007, c1976
Descriptions
  • 1 DVD (1hr., 35 mins.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Material Type
  • VM
  • Visual material
Location AV-3F
Item Call Number PN 1997 I57
Status Available
Barcode DVD-0003
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Brocka, Lino
  • Relator term - director
Title Statement
  • Title - Insiang
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - a film by Lino Brocka; a CineManila Film ; screenplay, Mario O'hara and Lamberto Antonio ; production manager, George Santos ; executive producer, Ruby Tiong Tan ; asst. director, Jerry O'hara
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Makati City
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Cine Filipino / Unico Entertainment
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2007, c1976
Physical Description
  • Extent - 1 DVD (1hr., 35 mins.) :
  • Other physical details - sd., col. ;
  • Dimensions - 4 3/4 in.
Content Type
  • Content type term - two-dimensional moving image
Media Type
  • Media type term - video
Carrier Type
  • Carrier type term - videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
  • File type - video file
  • Encoding format - DVD
General Note
  • General note - First released in 1976; With English subtitle; The first Filipino film to be featured at the Cannes Film Festival, 1978
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - Insiang is Lino Brocka''s tale of one girl''s coming of age in the slums of Manila. The title character, played by Hilda Coronel, is a young girl who lives in a small crowded shanty with her mother, Tonia (Mona Lisa). her boyfriend Danny (Rex Cortez) treats her little better than a sex object and her mother''s lover Dado (Ruel Vernal), overcome by desire for young Insiang, rapes her in her own home. Disillusioned and worn out, Insiang decides on revenge.