Bona
7.3
Bona, a middle-class student, becomes infatuated with a struggling actor, Gardo, and drops out of school to live with him. She becomes his unpaid maid, performing chores and enduring his relationships with other women, in the hopes of reciprocation.
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Cast
18 people
Nora Aunor
Bona
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Three Years Without God
Phillip Salvador
Gardo
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This Is My Country
Jaguar
Lino Brocka
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Signed: Lino Brocka
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Augusto Salvador
Cenen Ramones
Marissa Delgado
Katrina
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The Big Bird Cage
Joey Luna
Raquel Monteza
Nancy
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Kambal, Karibal
House Tour
Lutgardo Labad
Venchito Galvez
Bona's Father
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This Is My Country
Dance of the Dwarfs
Rustica Carpio
Bona's Mother
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Grandmother
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Lino Brocka Director · Cenen Ramones Writer Lutgardo Labad Composer
United States release September 19, 1984 · Produced in Philippines · Languages English, Tagalog
Production
NV Productions
Production
Philippines
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
English · Tagalog
Release dates
Philippines · December 25, 1980
Premiere · Metro Manila Film Festival
United States · September 19, 1984
Theatrical
United States
September 28, 2024 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
Australia
May 3, 2025 · Premiere · Cinema Reborn Film Festival
Austria
October 23, 2009 · Vienna International Film Festival
Canada
September 9, 1982 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
September 5, 2024 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
May 13, 1981 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
May 14, 2024 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival (Restored 4K)
Philippines
August 10, 2024 · Premiere · Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
Portugal
October 19, 2026 · Premiere · Doclisboa International Film Festival
Sweden
May 25, 1984 · Theatrical
Taiwan
October 12, 2024 · Premiere · Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
United Kingdom
February 9, 1986 · TV · BBC Two
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