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A moral ( from ___MASK40___ " morlis ") is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event . The moral may be left to the hearer , reader or viewer to determine for themselves , or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim . Manila By Night also known as City After Dark is a 1980 ___MASK71___ Gawad Urian Award winning drama film directed by critically acclaimed director Ishmael Bernal and starred Gina Alajar and Charito Solis . Released at the height of the Marcos regime , the film uncovers the other face of Manila by depicting the ugly aspects of life in the city - unemployment , prostitution , drug addiction , and lack of decent housing . Considered as one of Bernal ' s masterpieces , it is an epic multi - narrative of people who have shady pasts and are trying to exist in an unforgiving world . Catalino Ortiz Brocka ( April 3 , 1939  May 22 , 1991 ) was a ___MASK71___ film director . He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant ___MASK71___ filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema . In 1983 , he founded the organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines ( CAP ), dedicated to helping artists address issues confronting the country . The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards in the Philippines held since 1977 . It is given by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino ( the ___MASK71___ Film Critics ) and is currently regarded as the counterpart of the United States ' New York Film Critics Circle . Due to its credible choices of winners , it is considered the most prestigious film awards in the Philippines . The Philippines , officially the Republic of the Philippines , is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean . It consists of about 7 , 641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south : Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao . The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City , both part of Metro Manila . Bounded by the South China Sea on the west , the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest , the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north , Vietnam to the west , Palau to the east and Malaysia and ___MASK49___ to the south . Ishmael Bernal ( 30 September 1938  2 June 1996 ) was a ___MASK71___ film , stage and television director , actor and screenwriter . Noted for his melodramas , particularly with feminist and moral issues , he directed many landmark ___MASK71___ films such as " Nunal sa Tubig " ( 1975 ), " City After Dark " ( 1980 ), " Relasyon " ( 1982 ), " Himala " ( 1982 ), and " Hinugot sa Langit " ( 1985 ). He was declared a National Artist of the Philippines in 2001 . Himala (" Miracle ") is a 1982 ___MASK71___ drama film directed by Ishmael Bernal and produced by the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines . The film ' s script was written by Ricky Lee based on the story of a teenage girl on Cabra Island in the province of Occidental Mindoro between 1966 and 1967 . Hinugot sa Langit ( lit . " Snatched from Heaven ") is a 1985 Gawad Urian Award winning ___MASK71___ melodramatic film directed by Ishmael Bernal based on moral values . It is considered a classic in ___MASK71___ cinema and picked up four Gawad Urian Awards . It is about an unwanted pregnancy and issues with abortion and the church . Rosario Violeta Solís Hernández , better known as Charito Solis ( October 6 , 1935  February 9 , 1999 ) was a FAMAS and Gawad Urian award - winning ___MASK71___ film actress . Regina Alatiit , also known as Gina Alajar ( born June 29 , 1958 ) is a FAMAS and Gaward Urian Award winning ___MASK71___ film actress and television director . National Artists of the Philippines ( ___MASK71___ : Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas ) is an order bestowed by the Philippines on Filipinos who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine art . Originally instituted as an Award , it was elevated to the status of Order in 2003 . Piolo Jose Nonato Pascual ( born January 12 , 1977 ) is a ___MASK71___ film and television actor , musician , model , and producer . Manila is an independently produced twinbill film that pays homage to Lino Brocka ' s Jaguar and Ishmael Bernal ' s Manila By Night . Piolo Pascual co - produced and starred in both episodes .