Babangon ako't dudurugin kita (1989)

Director:

Lino Brocka

Writers:

Gilda Olvidado (story) (novel)
Joen Chionglo (screenplay)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Salve (Sharon Cuneta), a content barrio lass, is married to Alfred (Christopher de Leon), an aspiring politician...

Plot Keywords:

Aspiring Politician | Politician | Revenge | Unfaithful Husband | Based On Comic

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Sharon Cuneta	...	Salve
Christopher De Leon	...	Alfred
Hilda Koronel	...	Via
Bembol Roco	...	Rod
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mona Lisa
William Lorenzo
Tom Olivar
Ruben Rustia

Country:

Philippines

Language:

Filipino | Tagalog

Colour:

Colour

Company:

Viva Films

Trivia:

The movie was initially offered to director Laurice Guillen with Hilda Koronel on the lead role. When the producers did not approve the initial script, the movie was shelved for years. When it was revised, Lino Brocka took over the project with Sharon Cuneta on the lead and Hilda Koronel as the antagonist).

Movie Connections:

Remade as "Babangon ako't dudurugin kita" (2008)

Interesting love drama

There's lots of psychology in this movie, it's the story of a beloving wife whose life is ruined by her own husband who wants to marry another woman. You'll find here the typical reaction of those women, quite a common type of them indeed, that can't stop loving those who hurt them. When Salve, the victim wife, experiments that mixed feelings of hate and love, she found the energy and determination who leads her to rebuild her life and eventually deal with her ex husband and his new wife showing a new surprising strength and a violence derived from her wounded soul. Along the way to her new life she'll find the love of a faithful and caring man but... The narration is very dynamic, and is presented in a way that is quite unusual for occidental movies.