THE DURABLE ANITA LINDA

"There is no doubt as to (Anita) Linda's artistry and generosity. She has gracefully aged with Philippine cinema, witnessing the film industry rise, fall, and rise again through the years, still eagerly inhabiting roles with an unwavering zest whenever called upon...

Adela (Linda's latest movie) works solely because of Linda's terrific performance. Linda is an actress who can tell stories with a mere movement of her lips, or a momentary flicker of her eyes...

Linda, with a subtle trembling of her eyebrows, the sudden flowing of helplessly restrained tears, and coupled with the vast experience of portraying a wide array of characters ranging from a mother gone insane with the loss of her kids (in de Leon's Sisa) to a forgotten movie actress (in O'Hara's Ang Babae sa Bubungang Lata), has done enough to turn mundane into magical. Adela might very well be Alix's best film to date. Alix has Anita Linda to thank for that..." (by Francis Cruz)
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Anita Linda (born Alice Lake; November 23, 1924) is a two-time FAMAS award-winning and Gawad Urian award-winning actress. A romantic lead in her youth, she later gained critical acclaim for her portrayals in maternal or elderly roles. At the age of 74, she became the oldest actress to ever win a FAMAS award, when she was named Best Supporting Actress for Ang Babae sa Bubungang Lata.

Linda was born in Pasay City, the daughter of a mining engineer. She was cast in her first film by director Lamberto Avellana in Tia Juana. The film was completed shortly before the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, but released only in 1943. With the film studios being shut down for the duration of the war, Linda spent the war years performing on bodabil at Avenue Theater in Manila. After the war, Linda was cast again by Avellana, this time in Sekretang Hong Kong (1947). She was cast in her first leading role in Alyas Sakim (1947).

Sekretang Hongkong (1947)- Stars Pugo and Togo, Anita Linda , Domingo Principe, Rolando Liwanag, Engracio Ibarra, Tony Camonte/ Directed by Atty. Ricardo S. Balatbat

Alias Sakim (1947)- Stars Leopoldo Salcedo, Anita Linda, Lilia Dizon, Quiel Segovia, Fernando Royo, Lopito/ Directed by Atty. Ricardo S. Balatbat

Hiram na Pangalan (1948)- Stars Jose Padilla, Jr., Anita Linda, Fernando Royo, Efren Reyes, Virginia Montes/ Directed by Ramon A. Estella

Wala na Akong Luha (1948)- Stars Carlos Padilla, Anita Linda, Fernando Royo, Mary Walter, Amparo Aquino, Efren Reyes, Virginia Montes/ Directed by Eduardo De Castro

Suwail (1949)- Stars Anita Linda, Reynaldo Dante, Nora Madrid, Lopito, Rino Bermudez, Amelita Sol/ Introducing Ramon D' Salva/ Directed by Eduardo De Castro

Punglo at Pag-ibig (1950)- Stars Jose Padilla, Jr., Anita Linda, Lopito, Fred Santos, Patria Plata/ Directed by Ramon A. Estella

In 1951, Linda portrayed the titular character in Gerardo de Leon’s Sisa, a film based on the tragic character in Jose Rizal’s novel Noli Me Tangere. The role garnered her Best Actress Maria Clara award (a pre-cursor of the FAMAS). De Leon then cast Linda in Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo (1952), a role for which Linda would be nominated for a FAMAS Best Actress Award.

3 Balaraw (1950)- Stars Jose Padilla, Jr., Anita Linda, Fred Santos, Luz Kahanding, Ramon D'Salva/ Directed by Cesar Gallardo

Sisa (1951)- Stars Anita Linda, Reynaldo Dante, Eddie del Mar, Eddie Infante, Nati Rubi, Pancho Pelagio, Ruben Rustia/ Directed by Gerardo De Leon

Kapitan Bagwis (1951)- Stars Anita Linda, Efren Reyes, Lopito, Oscar Keese, Patria Plata/ Directed by Cesar Gallardo

Ang Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo (1952)- Stars Jose Padilla, Jr., Anita Linda/ Directed by Gerardo De Leon

Tatlong Kabanata sa Buhay Ko (1952)- Stars Anita Linda, Danilo Montes, Patria Plata, Amparo Karagdag/ Directed by Eddie Infante

Buhay Alamang (1952)- Stars Fred Montilla, Anita Linda, Mona Lisa, Tito Arevalo

Looban (1953)- Stars Leopoldo Salcedo, Anita Linda, Elvira Reyes, Ramon D'Salva, Joe Ramos/ Directed by Ben Calasanz

Guwapo (1954)- Stars Anita Linda, Reynaldo Dante, Lopito, Carol Varga, Ramon D'Salva, Vicente Liwanag/ Directed by Teodorico C. Santos

In the 1970s, Linda gained renewed critical acclaim in maternal roles she essayed for director Lino Brocka in Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (1974), Tatlo Dalawa Isa (1974) and Jaguar (1979). She would win the FAMAS Best Supporting Actress Award for Tatlo Dalawa Isa Linda would also be nominated for the Gawad Urian Best Supporting Actress Award for Jaguar, which was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa (1974)- Stars Jay Ilagan, Perla Bautista, Hilda Koronel, Anita Linda, Lolita Rodriguez, Mario O'Hara, Mary Walter/ Directed by Lino Brocka

Takaw Tukso (1987)- Stars Anna-Marie Gutierrez, Gino Antonio, Julio Diaz and Jaclyn Jose/ with Anita Linda

Linda would appear in several leading films of the 1980s and 1990s, including Mike de Leon’s Sister Stella L (1984),Chito Rono’s Itanong Mo sa Buwan, Brocka's Gumapang ka sa Lusak (1990), and Mario O’Hara's Ang Babae sa Bubungnang Lata (1998). For her portrayal of an aging film actress in the latter film, Linda would receive her second FAMAS Best Supporting Actress Award. In 1987, Linda also won a Gawad Urian Best Supporting Actress award for Takaw Tukso.

In her eighties, Linda has remained active in the film industry, appearing in such films as Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita (2004) , Ouija (2007) and more recently Adela (2008).
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MAY 17, 1972: THE MAGGIE DE LA RIVA RAPE CASE, Part 3: 3 DIE IN CHAIR AT MUNTINLUPA

Jose, Pineda, Aquino pay
with lives for Maggie rape

May 18, 1972/ The Manila Times

Muntinlupa, Rizal, May 17--- Three young men today paid with their lives in the electric chair for the abduction and rape of a movie actress five years ago. Last-minute appeals by relatives, including that of one mother who sat it out in Malacañang waiting to see the President, failed to save the lives of Jaime Jose, 26, Basilio I. Pineda, 25, and Edgardo Aquino, 30. Their companion in one of the postwar era’s most sensational case, Rogelio Canial, robbed the electric chair of a fourth victim. He died late last year from an overdose of drugs while awaiting for the Supreme Court’s final decision.

Under sedation

A pale and dazed Jose was the first to walk the final steps to the execution chamber. He had just recovered from shock and had to be placed under sedation. His eyes stared blankly and unseeing as he walked between two priests with lips repeating their prayers. Among those who witnessed his final moments was his father, Dr. Jose Jose. The doctor, who had promised his son that he would be there, stood beside Brig. Gen. Vicente Raval, the prisons director, during the execution. He stepped out of the execution chamber when his son was pronounced dead at 3:20 p.m. Following the order set down in the Supreme Court decision, Pineda came next. He had a minor hassle with prison guards when, owing to a slight confusion, they started to lead Aquino to the death chamber ahead of him. He was strapped into the chair at 3:40 p.m. and pronounced dead at 3:55.
Aquino came last. He died at 4:10 p.m. While he was in the death chamber his mother, who had been keeping him company since morning fainted into the arms of her eight other children Doctors who attended to the three doomed men were Drs. Gervacia Mata, Zoraida Ocampo and Aurelio Alcantara for Jose; Avelina Alcantara, Ester Cordero and Luz Alma Santos for Pineda; and Argente Alejandrino, Luz Enriquez and Avelina Alacantara forAquino.

Weeping relatives

Three anesthesiologists--- Drs. Ricardo de Vera, Leonida Panopio and Bautista Placino--- administered to the three doomed men. The three convicts were transferred from the prison hospital to the anteroom of the death chamber at midnight yesterday. There they were kept company by weeping relatives. At 7 a.m., the death sentence was read to them, after which they had breakfast of fried chicken, bread and coffee. Except for the request that their heads be shaven at 10 a.m. instead of the usual right after breakfast, the prisoners’ only other request was for some friends in the death row to be brought to them. This request, however, was not granted, because of a near-riot earlier in the day.

Last meal

For lunch, their last meal, the prisoners had kare-kare, chicken tinola, lobsters, crispy pata, lechon, fried lapu-lapu, and ice cream. Jose hardly touched the food, although a sister dutifully spoon-fed him. Pineda ate his meal with his estranged wife, sisters and other relatives Aquino tried to cheer up his mother by offering her food and hugging her. While the convicts and their relatives prayed at about 1 p.m., inmates in the nearby cells started singing Cursillo songs and praying aloud.

‘Mama’

Then, at about 3 p.m., silence descended on the whole prison compound and nothing was heard except the plaintive song from a convict in some cell. “Mama, I’ll miss the days when you were here beside me…” Inside the execution chamber, the death sentence handed by then Judge Lourdes San Diego of the Quezon City court of first instance, the Supreme Court decision and the final presidential reprieve for 60 days was read in succession by General Raval. The general then turned to the justice department’s representative in the room to ask if there was any word from the President. Told that there was none, he ordered the first prisoner to be brought in.

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see The Maggie de la Riva Rape Case, Part Two

JULY 2, 1967: THE MAGGIE DE LA RIVA RAPE CASE Part 2: TWO IN MAGGIE CASE CAPTURED

Pineda, pal identified
July 2, 1967/ The Manila Times

Two more suspects in the kidnapping and rape of popular movie star Maggie de la Riva were captured without a fight in Lipa City at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. The two--- Basilio “Boy” Pineda, Jr. and Rogelio “Roger” Canial--- were positively identified by Miss De la Riva when they were brought face to face at the Quezon City police headquarters at 7:45 last night.

Unarmed

Pineda, 21, father of two, of 184 Marconi st., Makati, Rizal, and Canial, 25, of 936 Palawan st., Sampaloc, were unarmed when cornered by QC detectives and Lipa City policemen in a house near the Lipa city hall. After their identification by Maggie, the two suspects gave written statements admitting their participation in the kidnapping and rape of the pretty actress Monday morning.

4^th man at large

Still at large at press time was the fourth and last suspect, identified as Eduardo “Eddie” Aquino, 26, student, of 172 Mayon st., QC. He was reported last seen in barrio Sta. Rita, Taal, Batangas, his hometown.

The first of the four of the four suspects to fall was Jaime Jose, 21, son of a prominent Pampanga physician and owner of the red Pontiac convertible used in the kidnapping of Maggie and of the white Mercedes Benz used by his three friends in fleeing Manila and the suburbs. Jose, who was arrested near his Makati home Thursday afternoon, had earlier confessed his participation in the crime and implicated his three companions. He was also positively identified by Maggie.

Each fingered

Miss De la Riva, still showing bruises on her arms and other signs of her recent ordeal, pointed an accusing finger at each of her tormentors in last night’s confrontation in the office of QC Police Chief Tomas Karingal. In the presence of QC Mayor Norberto Amoranto, Fiscal Justiniano Cortez, Karingal, newspaper rporters and photographers, the pretty actress bravely held back tears as she pointed to Pineda and firmly said: “You…you were the one who blindfolded and malteated me inside the car. Then you also abused me.” Dressed in a yellow blouse and brown skirt, with matching shoes, the frail-looking mestiza was a picture of righteous indignation as she extended her arms, showed her bruises, and asked Pineda, pointedly: “Do you remember these?”

Tattoo marks

After wiping out a tear or two that trickled her cheeks, Maggie then turned on Canial and again in a firm voice, said: “You’re the one who carried me from the car to the hotel room.” Maggie clinched her identification of Pineda by telling Fiscal Cortez that she saw tattoo marks on the suspect’s arms when he took off his clothes at the hotel room. Cortez ordered Pineda to take off his t-shirt, and sure enough he had tattoo marks on his arms.

False teeth

Maggie also told the fiscal that she knew Canial was wearing false upper front teeth. Canial at first denied this, but police detectives ordered him to bare his teeth. Sure enough, they found his front teeth false. She identified Jose as the first one to abuse her, followed allegedly by Aquino, Pineda and Canial, in that order.

Indignities

She claimed that the four men had subjected her to various indignities and had even ordered her to dance nude before them in a brightly lighted room in the motel. She identified Pineda as the one who ordered her to take off her clothes. Before the confrontation, Pineda at first admitted before newsmen that he was one of those who abused the actress.

Denial, then

Later, however, during the initial investigation by Fiscal Cortez, Pineda started hedging and denied he had criminally assaulted her. But during the formal interrogation, when he was told to make a written statement, he finally admitted his part in the rape of the actress. Canial was also identified by Maggie through a tattoo on his buttock. When examined by the police, detectives found that he had the tattoo mark of a Bahala Na gang member.

Miss De la Riva arrived in the office of Karingal at 7:45 last night. She was escorted by her sister, who refused to be identified, and her two lawyers, Mr. and Mrs. Bienvenido Benitez. De la Riva was brought to the headquarters from an undisclosed place, where she has been under police security since her family started receiving calls threatening the actress’ life.

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JUNE 30, 1967: THE MAGGIE DE LA RIVA RAPE CASE Part 1: KIDNAPER ARRESTED

Magdalena T. de la Riva, popularly known as Maggie de la Riva (b.1942) is a Filipino movie actress, who has appeared in about 40 films. She is best remembered for that unfortunate and regrettable incident in 1967 when she was abducted and raped by four young men coming from rich and influential families. She pursued the case relentlessly against her abductors sacrificing her career, image, privacy and facing public scrutiny and humiliation. As a result of her amazing and extraordinary courage, her rapists were sent to jail and eventually executed by electric chair in May 1972.

Here's that initial news account of that incident--- from the front page of the Manila Times dated June 3o, 1967---

“You, you, you were one of them…!”

Frail- looking movie star Maggie de la Riva, crying and trembling in rage, flung these accusing words at the young man when they met in the office of Quezon City Polive Chief Tomas B. Karingal at 7:20 last night.

Suspect cries

The suspect, Jaime Jose, 21-year-old son of a prominent physician, bowed his head meekly, turned and faced the wall, and wept. Jose, a Beatle-haired combo player, of 421 Kalatagan, Makati, had earlier confessed his participation in the kidnapping of Miss de la Riva, one of the country’s most popular movie actresses, early last Monday morning.

Maggie’s story

Jose was arrested after Maggie, breaking her three-day silence, told police that she was kidnapped by four men in a car in front of her home at 48 12^th street, New Manila, QC. Taken to a motel in Pasay City, and abused by the four youthful suspects for nearly an hour. Only Jose of the four suspects had been arrested at press time last night as the QC police launched an intensive manhunt in the suburbs to track down the three other youths.

3 named

Jose, who was collared by detective on Buendia ave., Makati, a few blocks away from his home, broke down and named his companions as “Boy” Pineda, said to be the son of a Pasay City businessman; Eddie Aquino and a certain Roger. With Jose’s confession, given before Capt. Ernesto San Diego, chief of detectives, and Capt. Leonardo San Jose, assistant chief, police last night readied a complaint of kidnapping with rape against the four. The charge carries the maximum of death. Although Jose admitted his part in the kidnapping, he at first denied having assaulted Maggie.

Confrontation

When he and the actress were brought face to face before Karingal, Jose sprang to his feet and pleaded softly: “Maggie, Maggie, please… Hindi ako kasama. Magsabi ka ng Totoo.” (I wasn’t one of them. Tell them the truth). But the girl, who had entered the room with her lawyers and detectives, looked at the youth stonily, softly sank into a chair and cried uncontrollably.

‘You!’

She stood up and, failing to scratch the youth’s face, spat out the words: “You, you, you were one of the boys who pulled my legs and raped me!” The suspect turned pale, faced the wall and cried. The confrontation took place after Jose executed his written confession.

Arrest

Jose was nabbed at 2 p.m. yesterday while he was walking along Buendia ave. and reading yesterday’s Daily Mirror which headlined Miss de la Riva’s story of her ordeal at the hands of four young men riding in a red Pontiac convertible. The youth was collared by two detectives --- Pablo Pascual abd Ricardo Aniceto --- who, disguised as ice cream vendors, had placed Jose’s home under surveillance since 6 a.m. yesterday. The suspect, however, at first tried to deny he was Jaime Jose. When he failed to convince the sleuths, he broke away and tried to escape. As he was abou to turn around a corner, however, another detective, Reynaldo Roldan, armed with a Thompson submachinegun, blocked his way. The youth stopped in his tracks, covered his face with his hands and pleaded: “Huwag ninyo akong saktan. Ako nga, ako nga. Sasama ako, sasama ako.” (Please don’t harm me. I’m the one, I’m the one. I’ll go with you, I’ll go with you). Two police jeeps, which had parked nearby earlier in the afternoon, drove in and picked him up, whisking him away to QC police Precinct 5 to avoid the crowd that had gathered at the police headquarters where Maggie de la Riva had told her story.

NBI examination

Before she was brought face to face with Jose, Miss De la Riva was taken to the NBI headquarters at 4 p.m. yesterday for medical examination. Police sources said the examining physician, Dr. Ernesto Brion, assistant NBI medico-legal division chief, confirmed the actress’ story that she had been criminally attacked by four men. “”They took turns in abusing me,” she had told Police Chief Karingal.

State of shock

The actress had been in a state of shock since her ordeal last Monday. At first, she refused to file any complaint, saying that the men had really not done her harm and that she had been threatened if she talked. Yesterday morning, however, she changed her mind, and accompanied by two lawyers --- Bienvenido Benitez and his wife Regina, both private practitioners--- she went to police headquarters to file her formal complaints.

Like Lalu

Miss De la Riva said the suspects had threatened to kill and mutilate her --- “like Lucila Lalu,” she quoted them as saying --- if she went to the police. They had also allegedly threatened to disfigure her by throwing acid on her face. The actress was kidnapped by four men as she was about to step out of her home at 4 a.m. last Monday. She had just come from the ABS studio, where she had a video tape-recording session last night, with her maid Elena Calderon.

2-1/2 hours

She disappeared for two-and-a-half hours. When she showed up again on Gilmore st., she looked as though she was in a state of shock, her hair disheveled. Policemen who had been summoned by her family could not get any word from her. A private physician said he could not talk well enough because of her ordeal.

Confession

In his confession, Jose said Boy Pineda, Eddie Aquino and Roger went to his house in Makati to borrow his red Pontiac convertible at about 11 Sunday night. Not wanting to lend his car without his being with the group, he said he decided to tag along.

They went, he said to the Ulog Coctail Lounge on A. Mabini st., Ermita, where they had several rounds of drinks until about 3:30 a.m. Monday. While drinking, Pineda started talking about Maggie de la Riva, Jose told police. Pineda reportedly said he was “in love” with the movie star. Jose said Pineda even knew the actress was scheduled to have a vide-taping session at the ABS studio.

From the Ulog, he said, the group went to the ABS studio where Pineda and Roger allegedly tried to talk to the actress. Miss De la Riva, who later said she did not know the men, apparently snubbed the group and drove off her bantam car with her maid Elena. Jose said Pineda decided to give chase. They followed the actress’ car up to 12^th st. in front of her bungalow in New Manila. As the girl stopped her car and was about to step out, Pineda who stopped the Pontiac beside the actress’ bantam, also got off and grabbed Maggie, dragged her into the car’s backseat. Jose said Maggie was placed between him and Aquino.

On Broadway, a few blocks away, Pineda stopped the car and blindfolded the actress with a handkerchief. When she again struggled and tried to shout, he allegedly struck her again and again in the stomach and thighs with his fists. Miss De la Riva said she was stunned and when she came to, they were in the motel. Jose identified the motel as the Swanky Motel on Taft ave., near Cartimar, Pasay Cty. He said Pineda owns the place. Policetagged Jose as the one who hailed a taxicab and escorted Miss De la Riva back to Quezon City from Pasong Tamo, Makati.

Maggie’s schooling

Miss De la Riva finished high school at Maryknoll College in Quezon City and a two-year secretarial course at St. Theresa’s College. The movie star’s father, Juan de la Riva, 58, died in 1964. Her mother, Pilar Torrente de la Riva, is keeping house for the actress who is the sole breadwinner of the family.

High school grad

Jose, the suspect, finished high school this year. He reportedly is a member of a gang molesting starlets and hostesses. Some of the victims, police investigators said, did not denounce them to the police to avoid scandal and for fear of reprisal by the gang.

see The Maggie de la Riva Rape Case, Part Two
see The Maggie de la Riva Rape Case, Part Three

To know more of the case, see the link below
Supreme Court Decison

PHILIPPINE JURISPRUDENCE - FULL TEXT
G.R. No. L-28232 February 6, 1971
PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. vs. JAIME G. JOSE, ET AL.

Some of Maggie's movies:



Naligaw na Anghel (1964)- Stars Willie Sotelo, Maggie de la Riva, Vilma Valera, Vilma Santos and Van de Leon/ Directed by Armando de Guzman

3 Musketeras (1964)- Stars Amalia Fuentes, Liza Moreno, Maggie de la Riva, Bernard Bonnin, Johnny Monteiro/ Directed by Tony Cayado

Lagablab sa Maribojoc (1964)- Stars Cesar Ramirez, Charito Solis, Maggie de la Riva, Johnny Monteiro, Oscar Keesee, Oscar Roncal/ Directed by Ramir

Ang Langit ay Para sa Akin (1967)- Stars Maggie de la Riva, Vic Vargas, Rosa Mia, Joe Sison and Von Serna/ Directed by Armando de Guzman

In 1994, her story was made into a movie produced by Golden Lion Productions under Carlo J. Caparas direction.

The Maggie de la Riva Story (1994)- Stars Dawn Zulueta, Ricky Davao, Michael de Mesa, Miguel Rodriguez and John Regala/ Directed by Carlo J. Caparas

SUSAN ROCES MOVIES ON CINEMA ONE (July 21 to 25)

Five movies of Susan Roces, two with Fernando Poe, Jr, will be shown this week at Cinema One, 3 pm. Called Susan Roces Rewind, the schedule are as follows:

July 21- Maligno (1977)
July 22- No Retreat...No Surrender...Si Kumander (1987)
July 23- Gumising Ka Maruja (1978)
July 24- To Susan With Love (1968)
July 25- Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara! (1973)

Maligno (1977)- Stars Susan Roces, Dante Rivero, Celia Rodriguez, Eddie Garcia/ Directed by Celso Ad Castillo

No Retreat...No Surrender...Si Kumander (1987)- Stars Fernando Poe, Jr., Susan Roces, Chichay, Dencio Padilla, Bayani Casimiro, Tatlong Itlog, Mely Tagasa, Tina Loy, Bamba/ with Sherl Cruz and Randy Santiago/ Directed by Pablo Santiago

Gumsing Ka... Maruja (1978)- Stars Susan Roces, Phillip Salvador, Mario O'Hara, Laurice Guilen/Directed by Lino Brocka

To Susan With Love (1968)- Stars Fernando Poe, Jr., Joseph Estrada, Ramil Rodriguez, Eddie Mesa and Susan Roces/ Directed by Luciano B. Carlos

Patayin Mo sa Sindak si Barbara (1974)- Susan Roces, Dante Rivero, Rosanna Ortiz, Beth Manlongat, Edna Diaz, Ellen Esguerra, Angie Ferro, Venchito Galvez, Rosa Santos and Mary Walter/ Directed by Celso Ad Castillo

THE FILMS OF ISHMAEL BERNAL Circa 1980-94, Part Two

Aliw (1980)- Stars Lorna Tolentino, Amy Austria, Suzette Ranillo, George Estregan, Dick Israel, Juan Rodrigo, Butz Aquino/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

City After Dark: Manila By Night (1980)- Stars Charito Solis, Alma Moreno, Lorna Tolentino, Rio Locsin, Cherie Gil, Gina ALajar, Orestes Ojeda, Bernado Bernardo and William Martinez/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

continuation...

He won the Urian for best director four times for Dalawang Pugad, Isang Ibon (Two Nests, One Bird), 1977; Broken Marriage, 1983; Hinugot Sa Langit (Wrenched From Heaven), 1985; and Pahiram Ng Isang Umaga (Lend Me One Morning), 1989; and the best screenplay for City After Dark, 1980. His film Pagdating Sa Dulo, won for him the FAMAS for best screenplay award while Himala (Miracle), 1981, garnered nine major awards in the Metro Manila Film Festival. In that same year, Bernal was chosen by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino as the Most Outstanding Filmmaker of the Decade 1971-1980. Among the 10 best films chosen by the critics, five were his. These include Pagdating Sa Dulo, Nunal Sa Tubig, Manila By Night, Himala and Hinugot Sa Langit. He was also hailed as Director of the Decade by the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA).

Bernal also won the CMMA Best Director Award (1983), the bronze Hugo Award in the Chicago International Film Festival (1983) for the movie Himala. The Cultural Center of the Philippines presented him the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining for film in 1990. In 1993, he received the ASEAN Cultural Award in Communication ARts in Brunei Darrussalam.

Bernal, the daring artist, bohemian, and activist, undermined the established canons of the Philippine popular movies from within, created a void, and then filled it with cinematic excess, a hysteria that was illuminating and iridescent.

(Brocka-Bernal: Alaala ng mga Artista ng Bayan, December 1996)

see Ishmael Bernal Circa 1971-79

Good Morning Sunshine (1980)- Stars Vilma Santos, Junior, Liza Lorena, Sheryl Cruz, Anita Linda, Bebraliz and Lloyd Samartino/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Sugat sa Ugat (1980)- Stars Christopher de Leon, Hilda Koronel, Amy Austria/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Girlfriend (1980)- Stars Mat Ranillo III, Al Tantay And Cherie Gil/ with Pia Moran, Bibeth Orteza, Tita de Villa/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak? (1982)- Stars Lloyd Samartino, William Martinez, Albert Martinez, Joel ALano and Cherie Gil/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Hindi Kita Malimot (1982)- Stars Maricel Soriano and William Martinezl/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Relasyon (1982)- Stars Vilma Santos, Christopher de Leon and Jimi Melendez/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Himala (1982)- Stars Nora Aunor/ with a cast of thousands/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Broken Marriage (1983)- Stars Vilma Santos, Christopher de Leon, Orestes Ojeda, Lito Pimentel, Tessie Tomas/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Gamitin Mo Ako (1985)- Stars Miss Rita Gomez, Al Tantay, William Martinez and Stella Suarez, Jr./ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Hinugot Sa Langit (1985)- Stars Charito Solis, Dante Rivero, AL Tantay, Amy Austria, Rowell Santiago and Maricel Soriano/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Working Girls (1984)- Stars Hilda Koronel, Rio Locsin, Chanda Romero, Carmi Martin, Maria Isabel Lopez, Baby Delfgado and Gina Pareno/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Working Girls 2 (1987)- Stars Gloria Romero, Jacklyn Jose, Dang Cecilio, Melanie Marquez and Dina Bonnevie/ with Dante Rivero, Ricky Belmonte, George Javier, Ronel Victor and Edu Manzano/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

The Graduates (1986)- Stars Snooky Serna, Gabby Concepcion, Maricel Soriano, William Martinez, Gina Alajar, Lani Mercado and Dina Bonnevie/ with Orestes Ojeda, Joel Torre, Rey 'PJ' Abellana, Ronnie Ricketts/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Pinulot Ka Lang Sa Lupa (1987)- Stars Lorna Tolentino, Gabby Concepcion, Eddie Garcia and Maricel Soriano/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Pahiram Ng Isang Umaga (1989)- Stars Vilma Santos, Gabby Conception, Zsa ZSa Padilla, Eric Quizon/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Wating (1994)- Stars Richard Gomez, Carmina Villaroel, Cherie Gil, Janice de Belen, Bembol Roco, Dave Brodett and Celeste Legaspi/ Directed by Ishmael Bernal

Filmography (1980-94):

1980- Aliw
1980- Good Morning Sunshine
1980- Sugat sa Ugat
1980- City After Dark (Manila By Night)
1980- Girlfriend
1981-Pabling
1982- Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?
1982- Galawgaw
1982- Relasyon
1982- Hindi Kita Malimot
1982- Himala
1983- Broken Marriage
1984- Working Girls
1984- Shake, Rattle and Roll (Pridyider Episode)
1985- Gamitin Mo Ako
1985- Hinugot sa Langit
1986- The Graduates
1987- Working Girls 2
1987- Pinulot Ka Lang Sa Lupa
1988- Nagbabagang Luha
1989- Pahiram ng Isang Umaga
1992- Mahal Kita, Walang Iba
1994- Wating