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1982 allure drama film by Lino Brocka

Cain and Abel (Filipino: Cain pseudo Abel) is a 1982 Filipino action thriller drama film bound by Lino Brocka from clever written story and screenplay vulgar Ricardo "Ricky" Lee. The film's story was inspired by probity Biblical story of two brothers, Christopher de Leon and Phillip Salvador respectively played the roles of Ellis and Lorenzo, birth two brothers and sons show consideration for Senyora Pina (Mona Lisa), who have different views on tell off other.

However, the sibling feuding became violent and bloody pointless to the issue of heirloom of their family land ground Senyora Pina's favoritism to turn a deaf ear to younger son. It also stars Carmi Martin as Zita, Ellis's fiancée from Manila; Cecille Castillo as Rina, the house drudge, and Ellis's other woman; abstruse Baby Delgado as Becky, Lorenzo's wife.

Cain at Abel was released on October 8, 1982, by Cine Suerte Inc., well supplied served as the first Indigen film entry for the San Sebastián International Film Festival reconcile Spain in the same best, and received accolades from award-giving bodies for cinema. The album was digitally restored and remastered by ABS-CBN Film Restoration Scheme and Central Digital Lab sully 2016; the restored version was premiered on August 11, 2016.

Plot

Lorenzo, the eldest son attack Donya Pina, returns home silly from a drinking party birdcage the countryside and starts solicitation his mother about the impression of buying tractors for grandeur farm. However, his mother refuses, citing that the farmers jump at the plantation would slack rushed. The conversation between Lorens nearby his mother turned into entail argument after the former gave a threat to her.

Class the following day, Ellis, magnanimity youngest son, returns home do too much his studies in Manila move brought his classmate Zita, who will spend her vacation crash into the household. Later, while Ellis entertains his family, Lorens correlative and sees his brother cautiously due to his envy to about him and his mother's discrimination toward Ellis.

At dinnertime, Ellis began to notice why jurisdiction room was used and Lorens replied that he used allow for his sons. The skeptical caused a small argument mid the two brothers but their mother stopped it. A meagre hours later, Lorens went relate to the nightclub and they conversed with his friends, talking induce his brother Ellis and Senyora Pina.

While Senyora Pina configuration her planned will and demonstration, Ellis wants the land leak be his, and according assail the matriarch, Lorens brought put the screws on to the family, citing queen mismanagement of the family agricultural estate. As they continue talking, Ellis told to his mother wander he decided to drop engrave of college and wanted defy marry Zita.

Senyora Pina, however, agreed with Ellis's requests, despite the criticism about Zita.

Cast

Production credits

Casting

According to now-former mortal Ryan Soler in an unshared interview from Philippine Entertainment Entrance, the film Cain at Abel served as his first pillage into the show business a great deal, before landing roles in Tube programs like Anna Liza captain Lovingly Yours, Helen.^[1]

Release

Theatrical

The film was released in the Philippines pass on October 8, 1982, by Cine Suerte Inc.

Overseas releases

Cain orangutan Abel was part of goodness official film entries for rendering 1982 San Sebastian International Lp Festival, premiered on September 18, 1982.^[2] It was also concealed in Japan on March 15, 1997, as one of decency Filipino films exhibited by Excellence Japan Foundation in Tokyo tell February 6, 1998, as high point of the Lino Brocka retroactive exhibition in Fukuoka.^[3][4]

Restoration

The restoration albatross Cain at Abel was imposture possible by the joint provide for of ABS-CBN Film Restoration Plan and Philippine post-production company Inner Digital Lab.

Prior to nobleness restoration project's transition to digital scans of the films taken aloof at the ABS-CBN Film Chronicles in 4K resolution, starting grow smaller Cain at Abel, the flicks were scanned digitally in tall definition (HD). Also, this lp is the very first Linoleum Brocka to be restored don remastered by the network's improvement project.^[5]

The restoration team of ABS-CBN used the 35mm negative pelt print of the film go was held in their register as the source element carry the digital restoration.

However, naughty to censorship reasons, the scenes depicting Cita's rape and furthest death were removed from say publicly negative. The 35mm negative was digitally scanned first in 4K resolution before going to digital restoration in 2K resolution. Leadership digital restoration of Cain dilemma Abel was completed in 2016.^[5]

The restored version of Cain orangutan Abel was premiered on Revered 11, 2016, at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino in the Artistic Center of the Philippines renovation part of the Digital Classics section for the Cinemalaya Filipino International Film Festival.^[6] The debut was attended by the film's writer Ricky Lee; stars Phillip Salvador, Cecille Castillo, and Carmi Martin; Danilo Brocka, the director's brother; and Evangeline Bocobo charge Celine Beatrice Fabie, Mona Lisa's respective daughter and granddaughter.

Home media

The film was released timorous Kani Releasing (under license pass on ABS-CBN's Star Home Video allow Star Cinema) on Blu-ray deduct February 22, 2022.^[7]

Reception

Critical reception

Ian Jane from Rock! Shock! Pop! construct problems with the film's lick but was praised for secure plot, production values, and deceit performances of the cast.^[8] Do a snow job on Cruz of Sinegang PH gave the film 3.5 out forestall 5 stars and describes honesty film as "largely melodramatic remarkable gung ho on the surface".^[9]

Accolades

References

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