A 12-year-old girl takes on a corrupt system with nothing but her truth. Filipino cinema doesn't play.
A young female hero is unjustly accused of murder and intimidated to say that she committed the crime so that her family would not be harmed.
Acting
Julie Vega's devastating performance at just twelve years old.
Writing
Komiks adaptation that doesn't soften its moral punches.
Director
Lauro Pacheco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Julie Vega was already a massive child star in the Philippines; this role cemented her dramatic range before her tragic early death at 16.
Based on a popular komiks serial, Roberta exemplifies how Filipino cinema adapted pulp storytelling into social realist melodrama during the Marcos era.
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