Lualhati Bautista — Playwright (7)
I Want to be Happy (2000) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Gusto Ko Nang Lumigaya
other title: Gusto Ko Nang Lumigaya
Christine is a university guidance counsellor trapped in a loveless marriage. Leo, her husband, a cruel and vicious politician refuses to set Christine free as he needs her when he runs for public office and hires Orlando, a private detective to get solid evidence against Christine's infidelity.
Lea's Story (1998) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bata Bata Paano Ka Ginawa?
director: Chito S. Roño actor: Vilma Santos / Carlo Aquino
other title: Bata Bata Paano Ka Ginawa? / Bata, Bata...Pa'no Ka Ginawa?
A fiercely independent and unflinchingly candid woman connected with a women's crisis and survival center has to raise her two kids with different fathers. Her first husband has left her when their career options failed to converge. She is now stuck in an extramarital arrangement with another man who cannot bring himself to respect and commit to their quite unorthodox relationship.
The '70s (2002) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dekada '70
director: Chito S. Roño actor: Vilma Santos / Christopher de Leon
other title: 苦難の時代 / Dekada '70
Amanda and Julian are doing their best to rear their five sons during the repressive dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Though the parents view themselves as apolitical, most of their sons bristle at life under martial law and turn to various forms of activism -- or to simple teenage rebellion -- for release. After the family becomes the victim of extremist violence, Amanda begins to find her own dissident voice.