Vilma Santos in a love triangle with TWO men who want to wife her up? The audacity.
Suzette thinks she’s liberated woman who doesn’t believe in marriage. On the other hand her boyfriend, Norman, keeps on proposing. These are conflicting beliefs of two students undoubtedly in love with each other. Their relationship is then put to the test when Suzette meets Manny, who happens to share the same belief with her. Will she swallow her so-called principle and be merry with the one she truly loves?
Acting
Vilma Santos carries the entire ideological weight on her shoulders.
Production
Peak late-70s Filipino campus aesthetic, all sideburns and political awakening.
Director
Emmanuel H. Borlaza
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures Philippine cinema's 'Second Golden Age' obsession with 'liberated women' who inevitably learn traditional values win. The tension between Marcos-era conservatism and global feminist waves makes Suzette's 'choice' feel politically loaded.
Director Emmanuel H. Borlaza was known as 'Manay' in the industry and directed over 80 films, often specializing in exactly this genre: women torn between modernity and tradition. Vilma Santos made roughly a dozen films with him.
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