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Acting
Hilda Koronel's eyes do more acting than most Oscar speeches.
Direction
Brocka shoots the slum like a pressure cooker with no release valve.
Cinematography
Crumbling walls and open sewers become characters themselves.

Director
Lino Brocka
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