Controversial

Original title: Kontrobersyal

“It's what the gossip's all about – Now see it on the screen!”

Directed by Lino Brocka

Brocka's potboiler about the rise of a starlet is the quintessential rags-to-riches, prey-turned-predator story, brimming with true-life anecdotes and an authentically acerbic sense of the seamier side of show business.