broken marriage, a film starring vilma santos and christopher de leon and directed by ishmael bernal is a discourse of its self-explanatory title. sometimes a relationship works and threads on a fairy tale thread. sometimes it doesn't and in-between, there are the arguments, the drama behind the scenes, the interfering friends and in-laws and the children caught in the middle of the scuffle. it's a not a pretty scenario. it's not all lollipops and roses. like most pinoy cinematic pieces, the movie is not devoid of confrontational acting. that sort of shrieking and aggressive interplay has always been a conundrum with all its resounding features including the throwing of figurines, the turning over of furnitures, the breaking of plates and and the likes, in the squabble scenes. is it because as a people we are innately argumentative and dote on bickering at the highest decibel level? not to mention compounding clutter in a room and in our lives is something we love to do?but despite a few perennial quirks, this is a resplendent film, gleaming with intense and brilliant performances, littered with profound quotes and with a cautionary and cluttered tableau that convulses the moviegoers to sit still and take notice.
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