Bona

Bona (1984)

Bona, a middle-class student, becomes infatuated with a struggling actor, Gardo, and drops out of school to live with him. She becomes his unpaid maid, performing chores and enduring his relationships with other women, in the hopes of reciprocation.

Date of release
1984-05-25
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Drama
Director
Lino Brocka

Casting

Interesting facts

Bona is a 1980 Filipino drama film directed by Lino Brocka from a story and screenplay written by Cenen Ramones. Starring Nora Aunor as the title character, the film tells the story of a young girl infatuated with a bit actor, played by Phillip Salvador. Aunor also produced the film through her production company, NV Productions.

Production

Cenen Ramones, the film's writer, originally wrote Bona as a teleplay for a television series Babae, with Laurice Guillen playing the title role. When the teleplay was adapted for film, director Lino Brocka decided to make changes, with the film being focused on Bona's obsession with Gardo, instead of the love angle. Brocka believed that Bona's infatuation with Gardo was deemed "too standard".

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