Women of Breakwater, also known as Woman of Breakwater or Babae sa Breakwater in Tagalog is a 2003 Filipino drama film directed by Mario O'Hara and starring Katherine Luna. The film is a moving insight into the squalor and poverty of inner-city life in the Philippines. As a tragic tale, it covers a whole plethora of emotions surrounding the lives of some of the poorest people in Manila portrayed in the film.

Plot

Basilio (Kristoffer King) escapes provincial Leyte to the slums of Manila with his younger brother Buboy (Alcris Galura). Residing in the shanty town tenements beneath the tourist-infested breakwater and seawalls of the city, Basilio falls in love with a prostitute named Paquita (Katherine Luna).

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Paquita started whoring early in life that at her relatively young age she's already "played out", her body full of sexual diseases and open sores. But their relationship is troubled only by the apparent poverty and the more impending threat of the slums' jealous protector, ex-cop Dave (Gardo Versoza).

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Cast

Katherine Luna as Paquita

Kristoffer King as Basilio

Gardo Versoza as Dave Pilay

Amy Austria as Jovy

Alcris Galura as Buboy

Yoyoy Villame as Pulubi

Evelyn Vargas

Jeanette Nunag as Mariposa

Lou Veloso as Igme

Lucita Soriano as Aning

Rez Cortez as Foreman

Odette Khan as Marta

Daniel Fernando as Tatay

Nonong de Andres as Taong Grasa

Lilia Cuntapay as Serena

References

External links

2003 films

Philippine drama films

2000s Tagalog-language films

2003 drama films

Filipino-language films

Films directed by Mario O'Hara

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