Insiang lives with her mother Tonya in a hovel in the city outskirts. After being raped by Dado, her mother's criminal companion, Insiang runs away with her boyfriend. But when he abandons her, all the girl can do is return home. Tonya takes her back in but Insiang, who wants revenge, gives in to the man once again.
"The film is basically a character study of a young girl growing up in the slums. I wanted to show the violence of the overcrowded neighborhoods, the loss of human dignity caused by the social environment and the ensuing need for change." (L. Brocka)
"Insiang remains a strong statement. This was the time when Imelda Marcos was espousing her vision of the Philippines as the land of 'the true, the good and the beautiful.' [...] And while Imelda was flying all over the world, here was Lino and his little film about our miseries. The dictatorship had made moves to stop its showing, especially in Cannes." (L. Diaz)
Biography
film director
Lino Brocka
Lino Brocka (Pilar,
Sorgoson, Filippine,
1939-Quezon City, Filippine, 1991) was an eminent film, television, and
stage
director who blazed the path for socially oriented Filipino films in
the
seventies. Graduated from Nueva Ecija North High School in 1956 with
six medals
and a scholarship to the University of the Philippines (UP), he entered
pre-law
because his mother wanted him to become an attorney and then president
of the
Philippines.
FILMOGRAFIA
Wanted:
Perfect Mother (1970), Santiago
(1970), Tuborg
sa ginto (Dipped in Gold, 1971), Stardoom
(1971), Lumuha
pati mga angel (1971), Cherry Blossoms (1972),
Caena de amor (1972),
Villa Mirando (1973), Tinimbang ka ngunit
kulang (You are
Weighed in the Bilance but are Found, 1974), Tatlo,
dalawa, isa (Three,
Two, One, 1975), Maynila: Sa mga kuko ng liwanag (Manila:
in the
Claws of Light, 1975), Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules,
Huwebes, Biyernes,
Sabado, Linggo (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
Sunday, 1976), Insiang (1976), Tahan
na, Empoy, tahan (Stop
Crying Little Boy, 1977), Inay (1977), Tatay
kong nanay, Ang (1978),
Rubia servos (1978), Gumising ka, Maruja (Wake
Up, Maruja,
1978), Hayop sa hayop (1978), Jaguar (1979),
Ina, kapatid, anak
(Mother, Sister, Daughter, 1979), Ina ka ng anak mo
(1979), Init (1979),
Nakaw na pag-ibig (1980), Bona (1980),
Angela Markado (1980),
Hello, Young Lovers (1981), Dalaga si
misis, binata si mister (1981),
Cover Girls (1981), Caught in the Act (1981),
Burgis (1981),
Mother Dear (1982), In Dis Corner (1982),
Cain at Abel (1982),
Stranger in Paradise (1983), PX (1984),
Miguelito (id.,
1984), Hot Property (1984), Bayan
ko: Kapit sa patalim (Bayan
Ko: My Own Country, 1984), Adultery (1984),
Pasan ko ang daigdig (1987),
Maging akin ka lamang (1987), Jack and
Jill sa Amerika (1988), Macho
Dancer (1988), Natutulog ba ang diyos (1989),
Tatlong mukha ng
pag-ibig (ep. Katumbas ng kahapon, mm,
1989), Orapronobis (Lotta
per la libertà, 1989), Babangon
ako’t dudurugin kita (1989), Hahamakin
lahat (1990), Gumapang ka sa lusak (Dirty
Affair, 1990), Ama…bakit
mo ako pinabayaan? (1990), Sa cabila ng lahat (1991),
Kislap sa
dilim (1991), Biktima (1991).