Movies: Ishmael Bernal

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. When Mary finds out she’s ...

Ishmael Bernal's caustic drama about kept mistresses....

A woman is thinking of abortion, against her firm faith and family's wants....

A girl is torn between two lovers: the one she loves, and the one she cannot resist....

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....

A woman recently separated from her politician husband has an affair with a male friend....

A 1974 film from Ishmael Bernal about a man with seven wives....

Opposites attract when Trixie, a spoiled rich brat, asks Alex, a hardworking taxi driver, to be her boyfriend to appease her grandfather....

Follows a group of young adults as they navigate life after college....

A Filipino parody film of DC's Superman in three segments directed by different directors....

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....

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. Together, they become a part of Manila's pet...

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....

The story of Annie Batungbakal, who dances in a disco bar....

It is a story of Angeli (Maricel Soriano), an orphan girl raised by a wealthy widower, Diony (Eddie Garcia). Angeli's hardships as a child left her to be a possesive and selfish woman. Diony has an only son, Efraim (Gabby Concepcion). Angeli adores E...

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. An aging gardener takes her in to try to protect her from the harsh worl...

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....

A 1970 Philippine film directed by Eddie Rodriguez featuring Ishmael Bernal's first writing credit....

A playboy and a simple girl from the provinces try to make it in the big city....

A motion picture about about a group of lost and confused youth....