Movies: Ishmael Bernal

Film critic Tony Rayns interviews Lino Brocka and other prominent Filipino filmmakers....

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 phen...

Women cope with various problems while earning a living in the city....

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 episod...

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution....

Horticulturist Teresita and Rex, a skydiving enthusiast and passenger jeep manufacturer, have been together for five years. Rex then meets the vivacious but fidgety Sandra, who is obviously smitten with him. Rex is then unsettled by his conflicting f...

A group of high school students navigate their lives and loves in this ensemble film from Ishmael Bernal....

A story between two women sharing the same man....

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 rev...

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 a...

Ferry owner Benjamin has a regular passenger, Chedeng, who is studying to become a midwife. Chedeng has a friend and neighbour, Maria, and without either of them knowing about it they both have a relationship with Benjamin. When Mary finds out she’s ...

A woman is thinking of abortion, against her firm faith and family's wants....

Ishmael Bernal's caustic drama about kept mistresses....

A girl is torn between two lovers: the one she loves, and the one she cannot resist....

Tisoy is a bohemian balikbayan searching for his father. He gets help from his friends as they scour the immaculately clean Metro Manila as well as reunite with his high school sweetheart....

In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair with a married man. Eventually, they move in together, and that is when the problems start....

A woman recently separated from her politician husband has an affair with a male friend....

A 1974 film from Ishmael Bernal about a man with seven wives....

Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation....

Opposites attract when Trixie, a spoiled rich brat, asks Alex, a hardworking taxi driver, to be her boyfriend to appease her grandfather....