Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang
| Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (Weighed But Found Wanting) |
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| Directed by | Lino Brocka |
| Produced by | Mario O'Hara |
| Written by | Lino Brocka Mario O'Hara |
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Lolita Rodriguez Christopher De Leon Mario O'Hara Eddie Garcia Lilia Dizon Hilda Koronel |
| Music by | Lutgardo Labad Emmanuel Lacaba |
| Cinematography | Jose Batac |
| Edited by | Augusto Salvador |
| Distributed by | CineManila Corporation |
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128 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
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Filipino English |
Weighed But Found Wanting (Filipino: Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang; also known as Human Imperfections ) is a 1974 Filipino drama film directed by Lino Brocka. The films stars Christopher De Leon (in his debut role),Hilda Koronel, Lolita Rodriguez and Eddie Garcia. Considered one of Brocka's most important films, it won six awards (including Best Picture) at the 23rd FAMAS Awards in 1975.
The story begins with a flashback to the past of a woman called Kuala (Lolita Rodriguez). An herbolario (traditional/folk medicine practitioner) performs an abortion on Kuala, as Cesar (Eddie Garcia) watches her. The abortion was a success, but when Kuala sees the aborted fetus, she becomes disturbed. In the next scene, she walks in the middle of a grassy plain, and as the heat becomes more and more unbearable, she becomes insane.
In the present, Kuala, now the village idiot, wanders about her Nueva Ecija town in dirty clothes and with mangy hair. The townsfolk mock and deride Kuala, and she is pushed into a watering hole where she almost drowns.
Bertong Ketong (Mario O'Hara), a leper yearning for female companionship, attracts Kuala with a rattle and takes her to his shack in the cemetery. Junior (Christopher de León) makes friends with them, defying the prohibitions of his father, Cesar Blanco, who is a lawyer and failed politician.
Junior asks Berto's advice concerning his problems with his eccentric teacher, Mr. Del Mundo (Orlando Nadres), who has a crush on him, and with his girlfriend, Evangeline (Hilda Koronel), who flirted with her escort during that year's Santacruzan. The jealous Junior left the procession and sought the company of Milagros (Laurice Guillen), who seduces him.
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