“An explosive, provocative drama about power, lust and love, as timely as today's events.”
A teenage boy befriends a starlet who is having an affair with an ambitious mayor. As the elections are coming up, the mayor's wife wants him to get rid of his mistress. The starlet agrees to stop the affair on condition that the mayor help release her boyfriend from jail. The mayor does so, but wants the former jail-bird to kill his political rival.
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Cast
26 people
Dina Bonnevie
Rachel Suarez
Also in
Temptation Island
Above Everything Else
Christopher de Leon
Levi
Known for
Batang Quiapo
Lino Brocka
Also in
Signed: Lino Brocka
Five and the Skin
Ricardo Lee
George Jarlego
Jun L Ching
Eddie Garcia
Mayor Edmundo Guatlo
Known for
Black Mama, White Mama
Nonong Buencamino
Eric M Cuatico
Charo Santos
Rowena Guatlo
Known for
Batang Quiapo
The Woman Who Left
Pedro Manding Jr.
Boy C De Guia
Lino Brocka Director · Ricky Lee Screenplay Nonong Buencamino Composer
First release May 17, 1990 · Produced in Philippines · Original title Gumapang Ka sa Lusak
Production
Viva Films
Production
Philippines
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Gumapang Ka sa Lusak
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
Tagalog
Release dates
Philippines · May 17, 1990
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 13, 1991 · Premiere · 16th Toronto International Film Festival
France
November 23, 1994 · Premiere · Festival des 3 Continents
Japan
October 9, 1992 · Premiere · Southeast Asian Film Festival
November 1, 1994 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 22, 2026 · Premiere · Doclisboa International Film Festival
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