Oscar Kesse

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.

A comedy-musical movie of Nestor de Villa and Nida Blanca’s love team. It depicts the family extended family culture and grown-up children providing for the family needs. Its satirist approach makes it effective in its attempts to criticize the most abused Filipino traits of family ties.

Based on the revolutionary novel by Jose Rizal.