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Controversial (1981)
Directed by Lino Brocka
“It's what the gossip's all about – Now see it on the screen!”
Drama · 1h 56m
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.
Cast
Gina Alajar
Teresa / Karina Daluz
Charo Santos
Mers Madsen
Phillip Salvador
Alain Soriano
Eddie Garcia
Mauro Dizon
Rez Cortez
Eddie Randal
J
Joe Fabregas
Dick Conrado
A
Ariosto Reyes Jr.
Sonny
Soxy Topacio
Fedora
Joey Luna
Dading
N
Nina Lorenzo
Assistant
B
Beth Mondragon
Assistant
M
Mike Accion
Mike
Crew
- Director
- Lino Brocka
- Screenplay
- Tony Perez
- Director of Photography
- Conrado Baltazar
- Editor
- Augusto Salvador
- Producer
- Peter L. Gan
Details
- Original title
- Kontrobersyal
- Release date
- 1981-03-20
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- TL
- Spoken languages
- Tagalog
- Countries
- Philippines
- Production
- Four Seasons Films International