Bona

Year: 1980

Runtime: 86 mins

Language: Tagalog

Director: Lino Brocka

Drama

Bona, a young middle‑class Filipino, abandons high school to chase after Gardo, a struggling actor in low‑budget movies. Her father, furious at the decision, throws her out of the house. She moves in with Gardo expecting romance, only to be reduced to a domestic worker and forced to tolerate his constant affairs.

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