One of the most watched Filipino films abroad, Sibak tells the amazing (and partly true) story of three brothers who engage in Manila, flesh trade with the consent of their parents. Though the film visits a favorite stomping ground of the "serious" filmmakers - the city's underbelly of sex and crime - it is populated by characters that go against every type: men who voluntarily engage in sexual acts and relationships demeaning to average heterosexuals; a mother who allows her sons to sell their bodies but still retains the soul of her maternity; a homosexual who is portrayed as dignified and successful.
This acclaimed quasi-sequel to Lino Brocka's Macho Dancer (also scripted by Lee) has been called by Stephen Holden of the New York Times as "a Filipino answer to Visconi's neo-realist epic, Rocco and His Brothers. A movie with a big heart and a large vision."
One of the World's Most Important Films of the Decade - London Sights and Sound Magazine.
Direction: Mel Chionglo
Story/Screenplay: Ricardo Lee
Cinematography: George Tutanes
Editing: Jess Navarro
Production Design: Edgar Martin Littaua
Music: Nonong Buencamino
Sound: Ramon Reyes
Executive producer: Richard Tang
Cast:
Lawrence David
Gandong Cervantes
Alex Del Rosario
Cherry Pie Picache
Nonie Buencamino
RS Francisco
Perla Bautista
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