Gilda

Gilda

HER OBSESSION WAS POWER AND REVENGE - DID IT BRING FULFILLMENT OR FRUSTRATION? SEE! THE SCREEN’S MOST TALKED-ABOUT DRAMATIC ACTRESS - OPPOSITE SAMPAGUITA’S 1ST STAR OR 1956 !

1956 · ★ 9.0 · Drama

Destroyed during a fire that ravaged Sampaguita’s archives. Gilda tells the story of a poor squatter who carried her invalid mother while begging on the streets for money. As she lives under the abusive hand of her mother’s lover, Gilda dreams of becoming a singer.

Directed by Armando Garces · Written by Pablo S. Gomez

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