Joaquin's play was described by Anita Gates, a reviewer from The New York Times, as an "engaging, well plotted metaphor for the passing of Old Manila." ...

A story that explores family conflict between 2 sisters and their painter father before the World War 2, in Intramuros, Old Manila.

Nov 11, 2022 · Based on a celebrated stage play by Nick Joaquin, who also wrote the story on which De Leon's radical Kisapmata was based, Lamberto Avellana's ...

This story is abundant of critical themes: clash between tradition and modernity, battle between old and new, a Filipino as divided being and struggling in his ...

May 2, 2023 · Based on the homonymous 1950 stage play written by Filipino National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin, “A Portrait of the Artist as ...

Apr 25, 2024 · The novel The Woman Who Had Two Navels (1961) examines his country's various heritages. A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1966), a ...

Movie Info. Synopsis A former art district in Manila struggles between the old Filipino identity and the onslaught of Western influence.

An English-language Filipino play written in 1950 by author Nick Joaquin. It debuted on stage in 1955. Advertisement: Set in the tragically beautiful, ...

Lamberto Avellana's English-language film based on Nick Joaquin's play about a painter, a painting, two sisters, and a crook.

Well written local play in English. The structure is solid and the storytelling is flawless. The chronology of events including the revelations in the Third ...