Insiang (1976)

Name: Insiang (1976)
Genre: Drama
Released: October 28, 2015
Duration: 95 min

2015

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Asian Crush | Release Date: October 28, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Set in the slums of Manila, the first Filipino film to show at the Cannes Film Festival tells the powerful revenge story of Insiang, a girl raped by her mother's lover.

Director: Lino Brocka

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Nick Schager

Oct 26, 2015

Lino Brocka's portrait of familial treachery and societal abandonment channels its melodrama through the filter of neorealism. Read full review

Richard Brody

Oct 26, 2015

This intense, furious melodrama, by the Filipino director Lino Brocka, fuses its narrative energy with documentary veracity. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Oct 28, 2015

Mr. Brocka likes to go big and blunt, but in Insiang, he does his strongest work when he delivers his politics quietly. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Dec 11, 2022

I liked it quite a bit until its third act. It's still a very good film, but it falls short of being exceptional because of certain issues.
One of them, and the most important for me, is that the drama, even being so palpable, unravels into a conclusion too premeditated for me to feelI liked it quite a bit until its third act. It's still a very good film, but it falls short of being exceptional because of certain issues.
One of them, and the most important for me, is that the drama, even being so palpable, unravels into a conclusion too premeditated for me to feel satisfied.

The main character's suffering never fails to be believable and that's what gives this story such a strong identity and keeps it so focused, but I think the saying that the journey is more important than the destination is a pretty accurate expression in this case.… Expand

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