Bona (film)

Bona is a 1980 Filipino drama film written by Cenen Ramones and directed by Lino Brocka. The film tells the story of a fan becoming infatuated with the bit actor from a movie but the endless infatuation comes with unfortunate results. The film stars acclaimed actress Nora Aunor as the titular character and Phillip Salvador, one of Brocka's frequent collaborator actors, as the bit actor Gardo.

Bona
Official poster of the film for the 1980 Metro Manila Film Festival
Directed byLino Brocka
Written byCenen Ramones
Produced byNora Villamayor
Starring
  • Nora Aunor
  • Phillip Salvador
CinematographyConrado Baltazar
Edited byAugusto Salvador
Music byLutgardo Labad
Production
company
NV Productions
Distributed byNV Productions
Release date
  • December 25, 1980 (1980-12-25)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino
Box office₱13 million

Produced by Aunor's production company NV Productions and released as one of the official entries to the 6th Metro Manila Film Festival on December 25, 1980, the film was also shown at the Directors' Fortnight of the 1981 Cannes International Film Festival, marking Brocka's second appearance at the festival and also, it gave Aunor her second "Best Actress" award from Gawad Urian.

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