Hustisya
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| Directed by | Joel Lamangan |
| Produced by | Harlene Bautista |
| Written by | Ricky Lee |
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Nora Aunor Rocco Nacino Rosanna Roces Sunshine Dizon |
| Cinematography | Nap Jamir |
| Edited by | Vanessa de Leon |
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Likhang Silangan Entertainment
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| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Tagalog |
Hustisya (English: Justice) is a 2014 Filipino political thriller-drama film starring Nora Aunor. The film is about the story of a foul-mouthed woman fights for her soul in the belly of the city. Working for a human trafficking agency controlled by a powerful syndicate, she sees no evil, hears no evil. In a society like ours, you have only two choices - to be a victim, or a victimizer - she makes her choice. The film was written by Ricky Lee and directed by Joel Lamangan
The film is one of the official entries to the Directors Showcase of the 10th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. The film will also have its international premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, under the Contemporary World Cinema selection.
Biring is a probinsyana from Bicol who becomes involved in the illegal world of human trafficking. She becomes the right-hand woman of her distant relative Vivian (Rosanna Roces).
Virginia Cabahug or Biring to those who are close to her is the bag lady of the syndicate, her main task in the syndicate is to meet up with the clients for their requirements. She is tough on the outside, foul-mouthed, but soft on the inside. This is what the syndicate wanted to change in her. Vivian is a childhood friend from Bicol, and she took Biring and her family to Manila, sent her daughter (Sunshine Dizon) and grandson (Jeric Gonzales) to school, and made Biring her girl Friday. However, greediness took the better of the friendship and Vivian sets up Biring for the crime of passion she did and that is shooting her unfaithful lover Gardo (Gardo Versoza). When she lands in jail for a crime that she did not commit, Biring experiences the slow grind of justice in the Philippines. Through the help of a corrupt lawyer named Gerald (Rocco Nacino), the syndicate would turn her into a sophisticated crook and eventually replace Vivian. Gerald, a young and scheming lawyer does this task, first teaching her the lesson of how to get ahead in life using the predatory tactic of a frog catching a mosquito, and then getting her beaten by inmates to make her tough on the inside.
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