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Salome

Directed by Laurice Guillen (Laurice Ilagan Guillen-Feleo)

1981•110 min
Genre
Thriller
Topic
Justice
Mood
Gripping
Language
Filipino

Synopsis

Who is Salome?

The story starts as a seemingly simple crime of passion, Jimmy, the persistent suitor, is stabbed to death by Salome, the young and pretty wife of Kario, an ordinary farmer. But as the story unfolds, conflicting versions of the crime are given.

Trailer

Selected Awards

Winner

Gawad Urian Awards

Best Picture (1982)

Footnote

  1. First

    Often likened to a Filipino Rashomon for unraveling a man's death through conflicting eyewitness accounts, an approach later echoed by other Gawad Urian winners

Main Cast

Gina AlajarGina AlajarSalome
Johnny DelgadoJohnny DelgadoMacario
Dennis RoldanDennis RoldanJimmy
BMBongchi MiraflorBoboy
Armida Siguion-ReynaArmida Siguion-ReynaAling Tale
BPBruno PunzalanLolo Ute
Tony SantosTony SantosDiego
LMLily MiraflorAling Basyon

Director

Laurice GuillenLaurice Ilagan Guillen-FeleoRegionSoutheast AsiaIn archive2 filmsHeritagePhilippinesMore→

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