Ishmael Bernal
1938 - 1996
Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa?
Celso Ad. Castillo, Ishmael Bernal
Nora Aunor, Christopher de Leon
This drama offers a rare chance to compare the styles of two major Filipino filmmakers. The first episode is about a chance encounter between a spirited ex-nun and a dispirited architect played by Nora Aunor and Christopher de Leon. The second episode from his own screenplay, tells the story of another chance encounter this time between Solly and Chris, two former lovers.
Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa?
Himala Ngayon
Keith Sicat, Sari Dalena
Nora Aunor, Ishmael Bernal
A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest Asian films of all time. The revelations about the theory of "Who killed Elsa?" will be answered and also, the impact of the film to the Filipino culture and society.
Himala Ngayon
On Borrowed Time
Ishmael Bernal
Vilma Santos, Gabby Concepcion
A determined single parent, she manages to raise a child while remaining successful in her career as an advertising executive. Everything in her life seems to go well until she is diagnosed with a terminal disease. For her son’s sake, and without revealing her condition, she is forced to resolve her most important life relations: rekindling first her connections with her parents, and then with the very man who fathered her son.
On Borrowed Time
Miracle
Ishmael Bernal
Nora Aunor, Spanky Manikan
When plain orphan Elsa begins having visions of the Virgin Mary, the rest of the residents of her isolated village find themselves questioning their own beliefs and values. Soon, Elsa is healing people with a variety of ailments. As word of this phenomenon spreads, tourists, pilgrims, patients and a documentary filmmaker all arrive on a quest to partake in the miracle.
Himala
Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa
Ishmael Bernal
Maricel Soriano, Lorna Tolentino
It is a story of Angeli (Maricel Soriano), an orphan girl raised by a wealthy widower, Diony (Eddie Garcia). Angeli's hardships as a child left her to be a possesive and selfish woman. Diony has an only son, Efraim (Gabby Concepcion). Angeli adores Efraim since childhood. Efraim and his dad have made Angeli the apple of their eyes. Santina (Lorna Tolentino) comes later in the picture and leaves Angeli vying head to head for the attention of his dad and the man he loves. Will Angeli win over Santina's delicate charm? Or will she be forced to accept where she really came from? Will Efraim pick Angeli over Santina?
Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa
Pagdating sa Dulo
Ishmael Bernal
Rita Gomez, Vic Vargas
A stripper and taxi driver are fished out of poverty and anonymity by a commercial film director. The obsession with success forces them to affect images as movie stars, which suppress and eventually destroy them as persons and lovers.
At the Top
Ligaw na Bulaklak
Ishmael Bernal
Alma Moreno, Vic Silayan
An innocent young woman who sells flowers in a small-town cabaret frequented by down-and-out prostitutes is lusted after by the son of a school principal, played by Anita Linda. An aging gardener takes her in to try to protect her from the harsh world, though secretly, he too lusts after the young girl, in spite of his impotence cause by the war. She goes to school, where morality and empty platitudes are mouthed, but the attempts at life's lessons are foiled by the realities of the cabaret world. While the school and the gardener try to protect her innocence, the young girl is lured by the temptation of the worldly cabaret, and her womanhood is awakened.
Ligaw na Bulaklak