Jaguar (1979)

Directed by

Lino Brocka

Genre

drama film

Country

Philippines

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R-13

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in Manila gets hired as a bodyguard for a wealthy businessman. He becomes entangled in a violent world of crime and class conflict that leads to tragedy.

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What happens

Jaguar is a 1979 Filipino neo noir crime film directed by Lino Brocka from a story and screenplay written by Jose F. Lacaba and Ricky Lee. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. The story is based on the real-life "Brown Derby Shooting" incident in 1960 as documented by Quijano de Manila in the article "The Boy Who Wanted to Become Society", later republished in the non-fiction crime anthology, Reportage on Crime (1977). The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Filipino film to compete in the main competition of the festival. It won Best Picture and Best Director at the 1980 FAMAS Awards. It also won five Gawad Urian Awards, including Best Picture and Best Direction. Anita Linda was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Urian Awards. A 4K restoration of the film premiered at the 16th Lumière Festival in October 2024 in Lyon, France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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