Bona
in person
Sat Jan 25, 4:30 pm at Alamo Drafthouse DTLA
Part of
4K
18+ ONLY
FREE SCREENING
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Queer Filmmakers
Bona
Lino Brocka
1980
88 min
Philippines
Filipino and Tagalog
Movie Summary: Middle class school girl Bona (Nora Aunor) skips class to hang around the sets of bit actor Gardo (Philip Salvador). When her father attempts to beat some sense into her, Bona moves into Gardo’s shack in the slums, delighted to play house–only to find herself not the wife, but the maid.
Queer Film LA Says: Openly gay director Lino Brocka was one of the Philippines' greatest directors, and suffered censorship and jail for his art and activism. (His nephew, Q. Allan Brocka, is also a queer filmmaker in LA). See this new restoration of Bona, a tale of showbiz obsession.