I Carry the World
★★★★★
Tagalog / 128 MIN. / 1987
The Genres
The Synopsis
A riches story amidst the filth and squalor of the Smokey Mountain. A scavenger among the garbage who had to carry her crippled mother on her back while begging on the steps of the Manila Cathedral. Raped by an unknown man she left her poverty laden existence and won success as a singer.