Dekada '70 (film)
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| Directed by | Chito S. Roño |
| Produced by | Tess V. Fuentes |
| Written by | Lualhati Bautista |
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Vilma Santos Christopher de Leon Piolo Pascual Marvin Agustin Kris Aquino Ana Capri Dimples Romana Jhong Hilario Carlos Agassi Danilo Barrios Carlo Muñoz Tirso Cruz III Orestes Ojeda John Wayne Sace Marianne de la Riva Manjo del Mundo Cacai Bautista |
| Music by | Nonong Buencamino |
| Cinematography | Neil Daza |
| Edited by | Jess Navarro |
| Distributed by | Star Cinema |
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131 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino and English |
| Budget | P 40 Million |
| Box office | ₱ 45,112,056.33 |
Dekada '70 (English: "The ’70s") is a 2002 Filipino drama film released based on the acclaimed novel by Filipino author, Lualhati Bautista. The film was restored by the ABS-CBN Film Archive.
A middle-class Manila neighborhood is home to the Bartolome family. Couple Amanda Bartolome (Vilma Santos) and Julián Bartlome Sr. (Christopher de Leon) are parents to sons Julian "Jules" Bartolome Jr. (Piolo Pascual), Isagani "Gani" Bartolome (Carlos Agassi), Emmanuel "Em" Bartolome (Marvin Agustin), Jason Bartolome (Danilo Barrios) and Benjamin "Bingo" Bartolome (John Wayne Sace). The story tells about their life during the martial law in the Philippines during the 1970s.
In 1965, as a young Gani was fighting with his friend while they were playing a game in the street, their mothers came by to stop the fighting and made them stay away from each other. In the streets of Manila, protests take place when the Philippines enters the Vietnam War.
In 1970, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos wins his re-election bid as president. At dinner time, Jules and Gani speak about the upcoming Junior-Senior Promenade. Amanda was looking for a job but her husband Julián stopped her from finding it. At the prom, Gani and Jules are dancing with their partners, Gani tries to hold her but she accidentally kicks him instead. The Bartolomes get stuck in traffic in the streets on the way home from the event. A protest happened near the Legislative Building and large protests was the major cause when Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, there were effigies burned by activists during the recent protest.
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