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I missed watching this in theaters since at that time I don't care that much for Filipino movies. When this film has been released in video (betamax at that time) I asked my sister to rent it. I regret that I wasn't able to watch it on the big screen. First, the great casting of all Lino Brocka babies (Hilda Koronel, Christopher De Leon and Bembol Roco) except Sharon Cuneta (the Philippines' Megastar) make up for this somewhat clichéd 'pinoy' melodrama based on comics but comes up with strong performances for all of the actors especially Sharon as the vengeful Salve. Acclaimed-Director Lino Brocka brings out the best in her, most especially the 'final' confrontation scene. You feel for her character as she try to rebuild her life while at the same time planning to destroy the life of a man she truly love.

This film is about a rich meek woman who was set to marriage to a man who will do everything to be on top. When this husband find a richer wife, he sets her up and ultimately destroy her life. But she exalts a plan to seek revenge.

RIDICULOUS.

Everything about this is Melodrama non-sense. Shocked that Brocka did not modulate the ebbs and flows of this film's drama. It literally was insanity. Firstly, every character in this is such a bad caricatures. Salve is such a poorest rich girl. The Refrigerator scene is one of the dumbest scenes I have ever watched. Good girl get a grip. Though nothing would ever top Bembol Rocco's story - which was met with almost no apprehension from Salve. Then when you think the ridiculousness cannot be topped, the revenge section happened.

Performance wise, Hilda Koronel was acting in this. She really enjoyed playing this active antagonist role given how much doe-eyed ingenue roles had she played. On the other hand, Sharon was kinda good in her transformation but I just did not like her material. De Leon is on auto-pilot throughout.

Watchable but leaps so much logic.

PS: The ending was also horrendous. Its giving Hayes Code, the bad should be punished ending - as Rocco's character is the only one who actually killed anyone.

There's lots of psychology in this movie, it's the story of a beloving wife whose life is ruined by her own husband who wants to marry another woman. You'll find here the typical reaction of those women, quite a common type of them indeed, that can't stop loving those who hurt them. When Salve, the victim wife, experiments that mixed feelings of hate and love, she found the energy and determination who leads her to rebuild her life and eventually deal with her ex husband and his new wife showing a new surprising strength and a violence derived from her wounded soul. Along the way to her new life she'll find the love of a faithful and caring man but... The narration is very dynamic, and is presented in a way that is quite unusual for occidental movies.