This Is My Country (film)

This Is My Country Filipino Bayan ko Kapit sa patalim is 1984 Filipino drama film directed by Lino Brocka. The film was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

The native name of the film Bayan ko Kapit sa patalim was derived from Bayan Ko, a protest song and Kapit sa Patalim Gripping unto a Blade came from the Filipino saying Ang taong nagigipit, kahit sa patalim kumakapit A desperate person will even grip unto a blade.The film included actual footage of demonstration which censors did not let the film to be screened in the Philippines. Director Lino Brocka appealed the Supreme Court to let the film be screened in the country. After about a year after it screening at the Cannes Film Festival, it was screened in the Philippines in November 1985. ........

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