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City After Dark

Play trailer City After Dark 1980,  2h 30m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.

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Paul Emmanuel Enicola The Asian Cut Oct 2, 2024
Explores both affluence and poverty, highlighting how the themes of corruption and moral decay perpetuate inequality — especially during a time in the country’s history when the government claimed to have successfully ushered in a ‘golden age.’ Go to Full Review
Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Jan 2, 2023
6.5
The amount of characters and episodes here make it slightly hard to follow what is going on, or empathize with a number of the protagonists. However, as a whole, the movie makes complete sense, both contextually and artistically Go to Full Review
Tara Judah Screen International May 2, 2022
Manila By Night belongs to the world of underground and counter-cinema, a meandering and rich tableau of love, lust and Marxist social critique. Go to Full Review
Jeremy Heilman MovieMartyr.com Sep 2, 2010
73/100
A histrionic melodrama that plays out on an epic scale, it genuinely warrants comparisons to the great works of the Italian neorealists and Altman's Nashville. Go to Full Review
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Ishmael Bernal

Director

Charito Solis

Virgie

Alma Moreno

Adelina

Lorna Tolentino

Baby

Rio Locsin

Bea

Cherie Gil

Kano

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Movie Info

Synopsis 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.
Director
Ishmael Bernal
Screenwriter
Ishmael Bernal
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Filipino
Runtime
2h 30m
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