"You Were Weighed But Found Wanting"

We've just finished watching one of the movies the brilliant Lino Brocka made in the 70s, the time of the Martial Law (the Golden Decade for Philippine Films), Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, in our Litelec class. It was touching film, intellectually driven, critical of social norms, more particularly on self-righteous scandalizing religious lays and their use of the Catholic religion as a weapon to chastise and mock those who steer away from their standards of good company. The story was generally revealing, especially with regards to human flaws and prejudices. It describes quite effectively the social cancer that has been in existence even until the present time - gossips, adultery, premarital sex, discrimination and the like. Lino Brocka managed to pull all these different threads and weave a beautiful expository of Philippine society. A explicit undertaking which is worthy of much praise, as well as thought. Bravo to one of the most acclaimed movie directors in Philippine History.