Lino Brocka's Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, film review

Lino Brocka’s

TINIMBANG KA NGUNIT KULANG

(WEIGHED BUT FOUND WANTING)

Film Review by

Joanna Marie Tan

Casts:

Lolita Rodriguez as Kuala

Christopher de Leon as Junior

Mario O’Hara as Bertong Ketong

Eddie Garcia as Mr. Cesar Blanco

Lilia Dizon as Mrs. Carolina Blanco

           

Lino Brocka’s films are proven to be award-winning. This film of his, Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, is not just an ordinary or typical type of movie that we see on screen rather this portrays the world that we have around particularly us having a country where Catholicism rules. In this movie, we will see that people confer rules such as one should not judge one’s neighbor but often they themselves do not follow this word as well.

            Brocka used an ideological model wherein he portrayed the movie in connection with the situation in our society. People are so judgmental that sometimes they do not realize they are the ones who does wrong things. They become so proud of themselves and their status that they turn out to be greedy and boastful. Three major characters in this film were Kuala, a mentally challenged woman who lost her child due to abortion, Bertong Ketong who is a town leper marginalized by the townspeople and Junior, the witness of the major twists and secrets of the film.

            Morality is a big issue this film; and whether the word “morality” is rightly being judged or not. This film is packed of emotional scenes that would make people realize what the real situation in our world today is. People often ignore such situations and this teaches us to act against immoral acts.