Kisapmata

Kisapmata

1981 · 99 min · TL · 8.2 (30 votes)
Dir. Mike de Leon · Starring Charo Santos, Jay Ilagan, Vic Silayan, Charito Solis, Ruben Rustia, Aida Carmona · Music Lorrie Ilustre

“You can't fight a gun with a rosary.”

CrimeDramaThriller

A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.

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A suffocating, true-crime-inspired descent into a family's dark secrets. The film feels like a slow, inevitable collapse under the weight of oppressive control, building to a shattering, inevitable confrontation.

dread-soakedoppressivetenseclaustrophobicslow-burngritty realismpsychological thrillerperiod dramapatriarchal controlfamily traumaresistancedescent into madness
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abusive fatherbased on true storyphilippinestrue crimeinceststrained relationshiphostilefamilicide