HiLdA KoRoNeL: VILLA MIRANDA

Thursday, September 11, 2025

VILLA MIRANDA

VILLA MIRANDA

Overview

· Title: Villa Miranda

· Year / Country / Language: 1972 • Philippines • Filipino/Tagalog. IMDb

· Director: Lino Brocka. IMDb

· Writers: Orlando Nadres, Marty Aragon. Letterboxd IMDb

· Production Company: Lea Productions. IMDb

· Release date: June 18, 1972 (Philippines). Pelikula Atbp IMDb

· Runtime: ~1h 36m. AZ Movies

· Format: Color; mono sound mix. IMDb

· Tagline / Logline (database synopsis):
“Drama among family and friends unfold in Villa Miranda, a town in the world of false glories and true defeats.” MUBI Letterboxd AZ Movies

Note on fuller plot: No detailed scene-by-scene synopsis is published in accessible online sources. The surviving loglines suggest a small-town family/social melodrama—very much in line with Brocka’s early-’70s mainstream work—without further plot specifics. MUBI Letterboxd

Cast (principal & featured)

· Dante Rivero

· Boots Anson-Roa

· Hilda Koronel

· Walter Navarro

· Lou Salvador, Jr.

· Alicia Alonzo

· José Padilla, Jr.

· Angie Ferro

· Joonee Gamboa

· Estrella Kuenzler

· Pedro Faustino Pelikula Atbp IMDb

(Multiple databases list the top six; the archival blog reproduces a 1972 magazine page that expands the supporting cast.) Pelikula Atbp

Creative team / Production

· Director: Lino Brocka. IMDb

· Screenplay/Story: Orlando Nadres; Marty Aragon. Letterboxd

· Studio: Lea Productions. IMDb

Technical heads (music/cinematography/editing) are not listed on public database pages I could access; none of the standard listings (IMDb details page, Letterboxd/MUBI, AZMovies) document them beyond the items above. IMDb Letterboxd MUBI AZ Movies

Music / Theme song / Soundtrack

· No credited composer or official soundtrack release appears in the accessible records for Villa Miranda. Major listings (IMDb, Letterboxd, MUBI) don’t display music credits; no commercial OST or theme single is documented online. IMDb Letterboxd MUBI

Posters & visual materials

· Digitized poster/stills: Not widely available.

o The archival blog Pelikula, Atbp. hosts a page for Villa Miranda (sourced from MovieTime Magazine, April 15, 1972) with images you can click to enlarge—useful for credits and period layout. Pelikula Atbp

o Collector posts (e.g., Video48’s “The Seventies” series) reference Villa Miranda but high-res poster scans aren’t broadly published. Video 48

Reception / Awards

· IMDb lists 5 nominations (specific award details aren’t shown on the public page I could open). This likely refers to period award bodies (e.g., FAMAS/MMF era), but the exact categories remain unspecified in public listings. IMDb

Availability

· No verified streaming or official home-video release is listed by the aggregators that track it. Pages like Moviefone/Moviewiser/AZMovies have entries but no watch links. Your best bet is to query ABS-CBN Film Archives, FDCP, Mowelfund, or private collectors. Moviefone MovieWiser AZ Movies

Quick reference

· Title: Villa Miranda (1972)

· Director: Lino Brocka

· Writers: Orlando Nadres; Marty Aragon

· Studio: Lea Productions

· Release: June 18, 1972 (PH)

· Runtime: ~96 minutes

· Country/Language: Philippines • Filipino/Tagalog

· Cast: Dante Rivero; Boots Anson-Roa; Hilda Koronel; Walter Navarro; Lou Salvador, Jr.; Alicia Alonzo; José Padilla, Jr.; Angie Ferro; Joonee Gamboa; Estrella Kuenzler; Pedro Faustino. IMDb Pelikula Atbp AZ Movies

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