Brutal (1980)

Directed by

Marilou Diaz-Abaya

Genre

drama

Country

Philippines

Runtime

1h 53m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a woman who faces a brutal sexual assault. Her experience forces her and those around her to confront deep injustices in society.

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What happens

Brutal is a 1980 Filipino drama film directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya from a story and screenplay written by Ricky Lee. It was the first major Filipino film to tackle rape as a feminist issue. Brutal was followed by Moral (1982) and Karnal (1983), a loose trilogy of feminist films directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya and written by Ricky Lee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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