Woman of Breakwater

Women of Breakwater
Women of Breakwater
	DVD
Directed by	Mario O'Hara
Written by	Mario O'Hara
Produced by	Arlene L. Aguas
Cinematography	Rey de Leon
Edited by	Robert Vasadre
Music by	Jesse Lucas
Distributed by	Entertainment Warehouse Inc.
Release date	December 3, 2003;
Running time	124 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Tagalog

Women of Breakwater, also known as Woman of Breakwater or Babae sa Breakwater in Tagalog, is a 2003 Philippine drama film directed by Mario O'Hara and starring Katherine Luna. The film is a moving insight into the squalor and poverty of inner-city life in the Philippines. As a tragic tale, it covers a whole plethora of emotions surrounding the lives of some of the poorest people in Manila portrayed in the film.

Plot

Basilio (Kristoffer King) escapes provincial Leyte to the slums of Manila with his younger brother Buboy (Alcris Galura). Residing in the shanty town tenements beneath the tourist-infested breakwater and seawalls of the city, Basilio falls in love with a prostitute named Paquita (Katherine Luna).

Paquita started whoring early in life that at her relatively young age she's already "played out", her body full of sexual diseases and open sores. But their relationship is troubled only by the apparent poverty and the more impending threat of the slums' jealous protector, ex-cop Dave (Gardo Versoza).