SunStar January 02, 2021 THE oddest bedroom talk between newlyweds transpires between Noel Manalansan (acted by Jay Ilagan) and Milagros Carandang (Charo Santos) in Mike de Leon’s 1981 film, “Kisapmata”.
Noel is in bed while Milagros writes in her journal.
Though a warm-blooded male, Noel is interested in another form of intimacy. When will you let me read your diary? he addresses the ceiling.
Milagros demurs that her thoughts are difficult to grasp. Noel retorts that it is precisely why he is interested to read what she writes.
You will have your chance after I am dead, replies Milagros.
Inequalities of power are explored by De Leon in his dramatization of Quijano de Manila’s reportage of the January 1961 crimes that took place in the Zapote, Makati home of a police officer.