Controversial

Name: Controversial
Director: Lino Brocka
Genre: Drama
Released: 1981-03-20
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Gina Alajar, Charo Santos, Phillip Salvador, Eddie Garcia, Rez Cortez

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

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.