Behn Cervantes

Behn Cervantes

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Barako
Title: Barako
Released: June 1, 2008
Type: Movie
100 years after the defeat of the local troops under Gen. Miguel Malvar in the Philippine-American War, the people of a Batangueño town would have lost its character typified by the Tagalog term "barako", meaning brave or courageous. Much worse, they have become subservient to their corrupt leaders who have been taking advantage of their ignorance and poverty. But they are slowly swayed to a new liberal direction by a small coffee club called "barakuhan" whose organizers see in it a reawakening of their native courage.
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The Son of Brocka
Title: The Son of Brocka
Released: July 30, 2005
Type: Movie
It is about a group of investigative journalists from a sub-par TV station who accidentally scores a scoop that a 21-year-old boy is looking around for his identity… he claims to be the son of the late director Lino Brocka, a known gay filmmaker.
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Alas Dose
Title: Alas Dose
Character: Carlos Alejo
Released: May 30, 2001
Type: Movie
After a drug lord is apprehended by the police, a syndicate does everything in its power to get him out of jail, since he has money that should be divided among the members, so a general's grandson is kidnapped to facilitate his release.
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Lino: His Art and Life
Title: Lino: His Art and Life
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A documentary TV special on the life of Lino Brocka, released in 1998 for Pinoy Blockbuster Original.
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Martial Law
Title: Martial Law
Character: Himself
Released: September 21, 1997
Type: Movie
"Batas Militar" is a definitive documentary about martial law under the dictatorship of former President Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines.
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Private Wars
Title: Private Wars
Character: Father
Released: March 28, 1997
Type: Movie
The filmmaker goes in search of his father, a former guerilla soldier who had walked out of the family a decade ago, and in the process discovers new things about himself, his family and the national legacy of war.
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Memories of Old Manila
Title: Memories of Old Manila
Released: June 12, 1993
Type: Movie
A historian travels through time from the swampland that one day turned into the squalor that it has become in contemporary time.
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The Madonna and the Dragon
Title: The Madonna and the Dragon
Character: Mindanao
Released: September 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Exposé of two news photographers covering the People's Revolution in the Philippines.
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When I Fall In Love
Title: When I Fall In Love
Released: March 14, 1986
Type: Movie
Tales of young, romantic love intertwine and reflect both the idealism and the naivete of youth.
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Exploitation
Title: Exploitation
Released: January 21, 1983
Type: Movie
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Aguila
Title: Aguila
Character: Basilio
Released: February 14, 1980
Type: Movie
Daniel Aguila's son recounts memories of the Philippines as he searches for his father.
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Bomba Star
Title: Bomba Star
Character: Leo Ventura
Released: July 18, 1978
Type: Movie
A story about Estelita a young girl who dreams of becoming a movie star like her idol Stella Fuego. In the course of Estelita's rise to stardom, she gets entangled in the corruption of show business and makes enemies along the way.