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This Is My Country is 1984
Filipino
drama film
directed by Lino Brocka
. The film was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival
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1984 in film
-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
Filipino
Cinema of the Philippines
Cinema of the Philippines started with the introduction of the first moving pictures to the country on January 1, 1897 at the Salón de Pertierra in Manila. The following year, local scenes were shot on film for the first time by a Spaniard, Antonio Ramos, using the Lumiere Cinematograph...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Lino Brocka
Lino Brocka
Catalino Ortiz Brocka is known as one of the greatest film directors of the Philippines. Brocka was openly homosexual and many of his films incorporated LGBT themes into their often dramatic storylines....
. The film was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival
1984 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Dirk Bogarde *Franco Cristaldi *Michel Deville *Stanley Donen *Istvan Dosai *Arne Hestenes *Isabelle Huppert *Ennio Morricone...
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Cast
- Phillip SalvadorPhillip SalvadorPhillip "Ipe" Salvador is a three-time FAMAS award-winning Filipino actor.-Acting career:...
- Turing - Gina AlajarGina AlajarRegina Alatiit also known as Gina Alajar was born on in Manila, she is a FAMAS and Gaward Urian Award winning Filipino film actress and television director.-Present Career and Issue:...
- Luz - Carmi Martin - Carla
- Claudia Zobel
- Raul Aragon - Lando (as Raoul Aragonn)
- Paquito DiazPaquito DiazFrancisco Bustillos Diaz, better known by his screen name Paquito Diaz , was a veteran Filipino actor and movie director. He specialized in action and comedy.-Early life and career:Diaz was born in Pampanga, Philippines...
- Hugo - Rez Cortez - Boy Echas
- Lorli Villanueva - Mrs. Lim
- Ariosto Reyes Jr. - Willie
- Mona LisaMona Lisa (actress)Gloria L. Yatco, better known as Mona Lisa is a FAMAS award-winning Filipino film actress. One of the most popular Filipino actresses of the 1940s, she resumed her film career in the 1970s after a two-decade long absence and remained active in the industry well into her eighties.-Biography:She...
- Lucita Soriano
- Venchito Galvez
- Bey Vito
- Nomer Son - Mr. Lim
- Joe TarucJoe TarucJoe Taruc is a news anchor currently worked at DZRH in the Philippines. He is one of the top-rating news anchors today on radio...
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