Bona
Singapore Premiere
Lino Brocka Phillipines 1980 86 min NC16 (Coarse Language and Some Nudity)
A young woman runs away from home to follow a bit player in low-budget films.
Bona is a big fan of Gardo, a bit player in action movies. She follows his shooting schedule, brings him food, carries his things, and admires his every move. Gardo welcomes this but does not reciprocate her affections. Bona eventually leaves her middle-class home and moves into the slums with him, where she continues to be his servant. When Gardo starts bringing women home, Bona realises just how far her love can go.
Selected for Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 1981 and largely unseen since, Bona is significant for its exploration of fanaticism and fandom within Filipino culture. It also marks the outstanding collaboration of Lino Brocka and actor Nora Aunor, two icons of Philippine film.
8 Dec, Sun 4:30PM / 86 min
Oldham Theatre
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Bona
Lino Brocka
Phillipines
1980
Filipino, Tagalog
English
86 min
NC16 (Coarse Language and Some Nudity)
Singapore Premiere
Lino Brocka
An activist and filmmaker, Lino Brocka is best known for his social realist and political dramas. He directed over 60 feature films, some of which are considered classics of Philippine cinema. These include Weighed But Found Wanting (1974), Manila in the Claws of Light (1975), Insiang (1976) and Fight for Us (1989). The 2024 restored version of Bona premiered in Cannes Classics.
Nora Villamayor
Nora Aunor,
Phillip Salvador,
Marissa Delgado
