The Tenants (1976)
February 20, 1976Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Robert Arevalo
Salvador
Hilda Koronel
Ester
Pancho Magalona
Don Manuel
Bembol Roco
David
Gloria Romero
Doña Consuelo
Rosa Rosal
Dolores
Tony Santos
Arsenio del Mundo
Joseph Sytangco
Juan Miguel
Details.
Release DateFebruary 20, 1976
Original NameSakada
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
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Sakada (The Tenants, also Seasonal Sugarcane Workers) is a 1976 Philippine social-realist film about the ordeals of sugarcane farmers on the island of Negros in the Philippines. It is "a thinly-veiled criticism of the country's feudal power structure." The film was directed by Behn Cervantes and written by Oscar Miranda (story) and Lualhati Bautista (screenplay). Music was done by Lucio San Pedro. It starred Alicia Alonzo, Robert Arevalo, Hilda Koronel, Pancho Magalona, Bembol Roco, Gloria Romero, Rosa Rosal, and Tony Santos Sr.
The movie spent three weeks in theaters before Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos ordered the military to seize copies of the film. The director was also arrested under the order of Marcos. Sakada was first screened on Philippine television in 2005.
Musical scorer Lutgardo Labad described the film as "a major cinematic coup that unearthed the inhuman conditions of our people then."