Jaguar (film)
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Jaguar is a 1979
Filipino
drama film
directed by Lino Brocka
. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival
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1979 in film
The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....
Filipino
Cinema of the Philippines
Cinema of the Philippines started with the introduction of the first moving pictures to the country on January 1, 1897 at the Salón de Pertierra in Manila. The following year, local scenes were shot on film for the first time by a Spaniard, Antonio Ramos, using the Lumiere Cinematograph...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Lino Brocka
Lino Brocka
Catalino Ortiz Brocka is known as one of the greatest film directors of the Philippines. Brocka was openly homosexual and many of his films incorporated LGBT themes into their often dramatic storylines....
. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival
1980 Cannes Film Festival
The 33rd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 9-23. The showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker is interrupted by an electricians strike.- Jury :*Kirk Douglas *Ken Adam *Robert Benayoun *Veljko Bulajić...
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Cast
- Phillip SalvadorPhillip SalvadorPhillip "Ipe" Salvador is a three-time FAMAS award-winning Filipino actor.-Acting career:...
- Poldo - Amy AustriaAmy AustriaAmy Austria-Ventura is a FAMAS and Gawad Urian Award-winning Filipino film and television actress....
- Cristy - Menggie Cobarrubias - Sonny
- Anita LindaAnita LindaAnita Linda is a two-time FAMAS award-winning and Gawad Urian award-winning Filipino film actress. A romantic lead in her youth, she later gained critical acclaim for her portrayals in maternal or elderly roles...
- Mother - Johnny DelgadoJohnny DelgadoJohnny Delgado , born Juan Marasigan Feleo, was an award-winning Filipino television and movie actor and writer....
- Direk - Mario EscuderoMario EscuderoMario Escudero, full name Mario Escudero Valero Jimenez Valverde, is one of a handful of Spanish flamenco guitar virtuosos who helped spread flamenco beyond their homeland when they migrated to the United States in the early 1950s...
- Tonio Gutierrez
- Roi VinzonRoi VinzonRoi Vinzon is a filipino action star, better known for his villain roles and lead role films like Adan Lazaro, Baby Paterno and Jesus Salonga alyas Boy Indian...