The Tenants
7.1
A sakada is a farmer who works in a sugarcane field. The film proceeds to document the stages of sugar production once in the mill, then shifts to the unrest outside where a sakada was shot to death by one of the hacienda's guards.
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Cast
14 people
Robert Arevalo
Salvador
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The Siege of Firebase Gloria
Hilda Koronel
Ester
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Insiang
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Rosa Rosal
Dolores
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Alicia Alonzo
Aurora
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Pancho Magalona
Don Manuel
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Gloria Romero
Doña Consuelo
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Palibhasa Lalake
Bembol Roco
David
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Manila in the Claws of Light
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Joseph Sytangco
Juan Miguel
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Menggie Cobarrubias
Andres
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Jaguar
Tony Santos
Arsenio del Mundo
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Child of Sorrow
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Cris Vertido
Father Vic
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Krocodylus
Cris Michelena
Alex
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Behn Cervantes Director · Lualhati Bautista Screenplay Oscar Miranda Screenplay
First release February 20, 1976 · Produced in Philippines · Languages English, Spanish, Tagalog
Production
Sagisag Films
Production
Philippines
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Languages
Original title
Sakada
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish · Tagalog
Release dates
Philippines · February 20, 1976
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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