Poldo, a lowly security in a publishing firm, dreams to be rich. He becomes the personal bodyguard to his employer's son, Sonny, when he impresses the latter with his courage and skills during a quarrel where Poldo defended Sonny. Poldo gets a taste of his boss' carefree and extravagant lifestyle and thinks that he accepts him as a friend. In one of the nightclubs they frequent, Sonny is smitten by dancer Cristy and aggressively pursues her despite a warning from San Pedro, the movie director with whom Cristy has an affair. When they chance upon each other, Sonny and San Pedro fight. Poldo comes to his boss' rescue and guns down San Pedro. In subsequent circumstances, Poldo would soon arrive at a bitter realization. As he could not see in Sonny the benefactor that he pictured him to be, Poldo finds himself alone, abandoned and betrayed.
Chosen as One of the Best Films of the 1970s, Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino; Best Picture, 4th Urian Awards, Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino; Best Picture, 28th Annual Awards, Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences; Official entry, Competition Section, 1980 Cannes International Film Festival (France)
Direction: Lino Brocka
Screenplay: Jose F. Lacaba and Ricardo Lee
Cinematography: Conrado Baltazar
Editing: Rene Tala
Sound: Luis Reyes and Ramon Reyes
Production Design: Bobby Bautista
Musical Score: Vanishing Tribe and Max Jocson
Cast:
Phillip Salvador
Amy Austria
Johnny Delgado
Anita Linda
Mengie Cobarrubias
Tonio Gutierrez
Roi Vinzon
Mario Escudero
Aida Carmona
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