The Philippine Embassy in Warsaw wishes to invite our fellow kababayans in Poland to participate in the following scheduled activities of the Embassy in celebration of the International Women’s Month 2015. Please confirm your participation to the film showing and seminar at least 2 days before the event through this email address: pe.warsaw@gmail.com
DAY TIME ACTIVITY VENUE
9 - 31 March Mon-Fri 9:00-5:00 pm Exhibit: Philippine Heroines: “KKK – Katapangan ng Kababaihan tungo sa Kaunlaran” Philippine Embassy
20 March – Friday 6:00 pm Film Showing : “INSIANG” a film directed by Lino Brocka Philippine Embassy
29 March - Sunday 10:00 am Seminar concerning Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Philippine Embassy
BACKGROUNDER Fim Showing - “Insiang” is Lino Brocka’s tale of one girl’s coming of age in the slums of Manila. The title character played by Hilda Koronel, is a young girl who lives in a small shanty with her mother, Tonia (Mona Lisa). Her boyfriend Danny (Rez Cortez) treats her little better than a sex object and her mother’s lover Dado (Ruel Vernal), overcome by desire for young Insiang, rapes her in her own home. She runs to her mother for sympathy but gets rejected instead. Disillusioned and worn out, Insiang decides on revenge. Insiang has the distinction of being the first Filipino film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1978, where both Lino Brocka and Hilda Koronel garnered much attention and acclaim from the International film community. The film also earned a number of important awards and nominations including the Manila Film Festival best actress award for Koronel.
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