
Lino Brocka
Director

Dreaming to be released from her miserable life of poverty, Aida, a waitress, abandons her bedridden father, her moralistic mother, her jobless brother and her good-for-nothing sister to live-in with her boyfriend Carding, whom she believes could give her salvation. But her plan only gives her more misfortunes. Carding gets jailed for drug peddling. Aida opts for an abortion. She later lives with a wealthy man to feul her ambition. Carding is released from prison and finds out about his wife's illicit affair.
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Lino Brocka
Director

Vilma Santos
Aida Macaraeg

Phillip Salvador
Carding

Jose Javier Reyes
Writer
Aida Sevilla Mendoza
Writer