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Ishmael Bernal was a Filipino film, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for melodramas with feminist and moral themes, he directed many landmark Filipino films such as Pagdating sa Dulo (1971), Nunal sa Tubig (1976), Manila by Night (1980), Himala (1982), and Working Girls (1984). Bernal was declared a National Artist of the Philippines in 2001.
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26 March 1982
A motion picture about about a group of lost and confused youth.
02 September 1983
Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation.
25 December 1984
The Delfin family moves to a new house after the husband migrates to Saudi Arabia for work. The family consists of Lorna, her daughter Virgie, their housekeeper Nelia, and the husband's lecherous nephew Dodong.
18 June 1972
A re-telling of Artemio Ricarte, a Filipino patriot who fought against the Spanish and later Americans.
16 January 1981
=The movie portrays seven wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary. They serve their sentences as if they are living their regular free, luxurious lives outside the cold bars of the prison, in open air, able to go where they want when they want.
24 August 1973
A Filipino parody film of DC's Superman in three segments directed by different directors.
01 September 1971
Six beautiful people caught in a deluge of their own raw passions unleashed.
28 September 1983
Film critic Tony Rayns interviews Lino Brocka and other prominent Filipino filmmakers.
20 July 1970
A 1970 Philippine film directed by Eddie Rodriguez featuring Ishmael Bernal's first writing credit.
15 May 1979
This drama offers a rare chance to compare the styles of two major Filipino filmmakers. The first episode is about a chance encounter between a spirited ex-nun and a dispirited architect played by Nora Aunor and Christopher de Leon.
01 November 1974
A 1974 film from Ishmael Bernal about a man with seven wives.
01 January 1976
A lost film from Ishmael Bernal, originally released in 1976.
12 March 1982
The life of tomboy tricycle driver Olga gets thrown for a loop when she collides with the rich Truman, who then makes it his mission to win her heart.
23 February 1979
Boy Kodyak is detective Teo Rosa, a young plainclothesman still embued with idealism. When he finds out that a small-time punk named Rogel is fighting the syndicate, he decides to track him down, both to arrest and to support.
17 October 1975
Amy must choose between two men, Vic, her ex-husband who suddenly disappeared, or William, her present husband who can provide everything she needs.
10 June 1971
A stripper and taxi driver are fished out of poverty and anonymity by a commercial film director. The obsession with success forces them to affect images as movie stars, which suppress and eventually destroy them as persons and lovers.
21 April 1992
Opposites attract when Trixie, a spoiled rich brat, asks Alex, a hardworking taxi driver, to be her boyfriend to appease her grandfather.
23 February 1989
A determined single parent, she manages to raise a child while remaining successful in her career as an advertising executive.
08 August 2024
A documentary on the life and work of National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.
03 April 1986
Follows a group of young adults as they navigate life after college.
02 July 1982
In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair with a married man.
01 March 1979
A group of high school students navigate their lives and loves in this ensemble film from Ishmael Bernal.
23 November 1979
Ishmael Bernal's caustic drama about kept mistresses.
22 July 1987
In this sequel, which assumes a more political bent, are blue-collar workers, salesladies, and common laborers.
30 April 1977
Tisoy is a bohemian balikbayan searching for his father. He gets help from his friends as they scour the immaculately clean Metro Manila as well as reunite with his high school sweetheart.
12 November 1976
A woman recently separated from her politician husband has an affair with a male friend.
24 April 1975
A martial arts film co-directed by Ishmael Bernal and released in 1975.
23 June 1978
A story between two women sharing the same man.
01 February 1980
This musical-drama revolves around a widower who lived in the US with his only daughter. They returned to the Philippines, where his late wife grew up.
24 December 1977
Walang Katapusang Tag-araw focuses on two strong-willed women, Matilde and Binyang, who clawed themselves up, in almost simultaneous and parallel ascent to the good life.
28 November 1980
The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution.
28 March 1975
A Filipino aristocrat loves his wife but he has a little fun with a chorus girl.
21 September 1979
A witty sex comedy about two young cousins who trade places for their courtship strategies which end up hilarious.
05 August 1976
Ferry owner Benjamin has a regular passenger, Chedeng, who is studying to become a midwife. Chedeng has a friend and neighbour, Maria, and without either of them knowing about it they both have a relationship with Benjamin.
07 June 1984
Women cope with various problems while earning a living in the city.
25 December 1982
When plain orphan Elsa begins having visions of the Virgin Mary, the rest of the residents of her isolated village find themselves questioning their own beliefs and values.
17 October 1980
A provincial son who just finished law school embarked on becoming a successful man, even if it means leaving behind his former life and seducing a woman beyond his means.
20 October 1978
Virginal Ninay becomes a woman as an object of desire for liberation, but she's confused about her gender.
21 April 1994
The first team-up of Richard Gomez and Carmina Villaruel, playing Ardo and Rosel in this action flick, which is at the same time Ishmael Bernal's last film that is an attack on the religious establishment.
14 February 1976
An innocent young woman who sells flowers in a small-town cabaret frequented by down-and-out prostitutes is lusted after by the son of a school principal, played by Anita Linda.
17 July 1988
A scheme of two sisters fell through when the one falls for the other's estranged husband.
25 December 1984
An anthology of three violent stories: three friends perform Spirit of the Glass and discover a tragic love triangle; a refrigerator seems to be 'alive'; and a teenager who courts a barrio lass without his knowledge that this lass is a monster, which eventually causes chaos to his family.
16 October 1987
The story follows Angeli, an orphan girl raised by a wealthy widower, Diony. Angeli's hardships as a child left her to be a possessive and selfish woman.
08 December 1978
Horticulturist Teresita and Rex, a skydiving enthusiast and passenger jeep manufacturer, have been together for five years.
17 July 1981
A playboy and a simple girl from the provinces try to make it in the big city.
06 June 1985
A woman is thinking of abortion, against her firm faith and family's wants.
04 December 2012
A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest Asian films of all time.
23 May 1985
A young woman and her mother fight over one man in this dramatic film about three people who genuinely love each other yet express their affection the wrong way.
23 May 1980
A girl is torn between two lovers: the one she loves, and the one she cannot resist.
16 July 1982
Celia, a daughter of a housekeeper of the Regattas, finds an unknown man- Edwin - in one of their huts.
22 December 1973
Si Popeye, atbp (Popeye etc.) is an unofficial Popeye film released in the Philippines in 1973. A live-action film, it consists of three stories: Episode 1: "Popeye", Episode 2: "Dracula" and Episode 3: "Dyango".
15 January 2025
"This is not a film by Khavn". Bomba Bernal is the hardcore pornographic bomb handjobbed in the hidden love-hotels of Philippine cinematographic history detonated by the satirical deep throat of one of the greatest 20th century Filipino filmmakers, Ishmael Bernal (1938-1996).
27 May 1972
Gina, a pleasant and witty young lady and Danny a suave, attractive young lad live parallel lives nurtured by single parents.
14 September 1979
The story of Annie Batungbakal, who dances in a disco bar.
01 January 1993
Portrait of director Ishmael Bernal.
07 October 1977
A fashion model is torn between two men: her young boyfriend who is a self-centered fashion model and an older married man who is estranged from his domineering wife.