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66% Critic Match
Dirty Affair
“An explosive, provocative drama about power, lust and love, as timely as today's events.”
6.6 / 10• 1990• 2h 0m•NR• Filipino
DramaThrillerCrime
Storyline
A teenage boy befriends a starlet who is having an affair with an ambitious mayor. As the elections are coming up, the mayor's wife wants him to get rid of his mistress. The starlet agrees to stop the affair on condition that the mayor help release her boyfriend from jail. The mayor does so, but wants the former jail-bird to kill his political rival.
Cast & Crew
Dina Bonnevie
Rachel Suarez
Lead
Christopher de Leon
Levi
Eddie Garcia
Mayor Edmundo Guatlo
Charo Santos
Rowena Guatlo
Bembol Roco
Falcon
Allan Paule
Jonathan
Francis Magalona
RJ
William Lorenzo
Eric
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lino Brocka's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Dirty Affair is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
