Sibak (1994) [N/A]
Featuring:
Alex Del Rosario, Gandong Cervantes, Lawrence David
Written by:
Ricky Lee
Directed by:
Mel Chionglo
Release Date:
September 9, 1994
Original Title:
Sibak
Genres:
Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
First Run Features
Tangent Films International
Production Countries:
Philippines
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 118
Brothers Joel, Dennis and Sonny work together as dancers at a low-rent gay bar in downtown Manila, in the Philippines. Despite his mother's pleas, Sonny decides to quit college to work full-time at the bar, while Dennis has moved beyond dancing into prostitution at the urging of the manipulative club manager. Joel, the eldest, tries to balance his secret gay life with his socially respectable role as a husband and father.
Three young and good-looking brothers live with and support their parents in Manila; they dance at the male Club Exotica and work as "call boys." Joel has a wife and child; he and Dennis are saving money to buy back lost family land. Sonny has dropped out of university and sees dancing as a way to make money for now. Joel has a regular boyfriend as well; Sonny spends time with Michelle, a transvestite; Dennis and his pals steal car radios. When their nanay takes in a homeless youth who is not what he appears to be, a chain of events is set in motion that brings tragedy. Is there any salvation in this late-night world of "macho dancing" and prostitution?
