In the Wink of an Eye
Original title: Kisapmata
“You can't fight a gun with a rosary.”
1981 · 1 h 30 min
Mike de LeonCast
Charo Santos-Concio 
Jay Ilagan Vic Silayan 
Charito Solis 
Ruben Rustia 
Aida Carmona
Credits
Written by: 
Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr.
Plot
A retired policeman rules his family with obsessive control, and his daughter's pregnancy and secret marriage lead to a violent end.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mike de Leon's Filipino drama, Kisapmata, with Charo Santos and Vic Silayan, is a tense, claustrophobic domestic horror, a landmark of Philippine cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (1,051 votes)
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