Controversial
7.0
“It's what the gossip's all about – Now see it on the screen!”
Brocka's potboiler about the rise of a starlet is the quintessential rags-to-riches, prey-turned-predator story, brimming with true-life anecdotes and an authentically acerbic sense of the seamier side of show business.
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Cast
30 people
Gina Alajar
Teresa / Karina Daluz
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This Is My Country
Start-Up PH
Charo Santos
Mers Madsen
Known for
Batang Quiapo
The Woman Who Left
Phillip Salvador
Alain Soriano
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This Is My Country
Jaguar
Eddie Garcia
Mauro Dizon
Known for
Black Mama, White Mama
Rez Cortez
Eddie Randal
Known for
Insiang
Joe Fabregas
Dick Conrado
Also in
Si Malakas, Si Maganda, at Si Mahinhin
Stepsisters
Ariosto Reyes Jr.
Sonny
Also in
This Is My Country
Pagibig Ko'y Awitin Mo...
Soxy Topacio
Fedora
Also in
Bwakaw
My Father, My Mother
Joey Luna
Dading
Also in
I Carry the World
The Man in Selya's Life
Nina Lorenzo
Assistant
Known for
Insiang
Beth Mondragon
Assistant
Also in
An Affair
Broken Marriage
Mike Accion
Mike
Also in
Dreaming Filipinos
Last Prayer
Lino Brocka Director · Tony Perez Screenplay Conrado Baltazar Cinematographer
First release March 20, 1981 · Produced in Philippines · Original title Kontrobersyal
Production
Four Seasons Films International
Production
Philippines
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Kontrobersyal
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
Tagalog
Release dates
Philippines · March 20, 1981
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
November 24, 1982 · Premiere · 4th Three Continents Festival, Nantes
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