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REVIEW: Ina Ka Ng Anak Mo
Isagani R. Cruz, TV Times, January 20-26, 1980
Ina Ka ng Anak Mo (1979) is Brocka in his element - intense emotional
conflicts within a limited family structure. Lolita Rodriguez, in her attempt to
commiserate with her son-in-law Raul Aragon, has sex with him. True to
what one writer has called the Myth of Filipino Fertility, the one-time sex act
leads to a child. Rodriguez's daughter Nora Aunor cannot forgive the
betrayal and even takes the adulterers to court. In the end, however, Aunor
adopts as her own child the baby who is, curiously enough, both her brother
and her son.
Filipino movies are nothing if they do not have confrontations, and Ina Ka ng
Anak Mo has one confrontation after another. The best one occurs when
Aunor sees Rodriguez and the baby for the first time. Aunor silently moves
from shock to hurt to rage to hysterics. The scene is spoiled only at the end ,
when she bursts out that she will see the pair in court; in the heat of such
passion, no Filipina will think of impersonal legal proceedings. More
characteristic would have been a search for a weapon or for an exit door.
Brocka specializes in acting vehicles. Aunor clearly deserves the Best
Actress Award, she deserves it more than Rodriguez, if only she is younger
and has less experience. Before Ina Ka ng Anak Mo, only Charito Solis could
stand up to Rodriguez; now Aunor is on par with both veteran actresses.
Even Aragon, not one of our best actors, gives an adequate performance
opposite the two women; his success must be largely due to Brocka's
direction.
Isagani R. Cruz, TV Times, January 20-26, 1980
Ina Ka ng Anak Mo (1979) is Brocka in his element - intense emotional
conflicts within a limited family structure. Lolita Rodriguez, in her attempt to
commiserate with her son-in-law Raul Aragon, has sex with him. True to
what one writer has called the Myth of Filipino Fertility, the one-time sex act
leads to a child. Rodriguez's daughter Nora Aunor cannot forgive the
betrayal and even takes the adulterers to court. In the end, however, Aunor
adopts as her own child the baby who is, curiously enough, both her brother
and her son.
Filipino movies are nothing if they do not have confrontations, and Ina Ka ng
Anak Mo has one confrontation after another. The best one occurs when
Aunor sees Rodriguez and the baby for the first time. Aunor silently moves
from shock to hurt to rage to hysterics. The scene is spoiled only at the end ,
when she bursts out that she will see the pair in court; in the heat of such
passion, no Filipina will think of impersonal legal proceedings. More
characteristic would have been a search for a weapon or for an exit door.
Brocka specializes in acting vehicles. Aunor clearly deserves the Best
Actress Award, she deserves it more than Rodriguez, if only she is younger
and has less experience. Before Ina Ka ng Anak Mo, only Charito Solis could
stand up to Rodriguez; now Aunor is on par with both veteran actresses.
Even Aragon, not one of our best actors, gives an adequate performance
opposite the two women; his success must be largely due to Brocka's
direction.
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