After 20 years, Pura returns to her ancestral home to meet her father. However, this soon reignites a bitter rivalry between her and Emilia, her half-sister, that impacts the entire household.

The story follows the Lorenzos and the Ojedas, the two land-owning clans in the island province of Negros, who were trying to cope and survive the war that lasted three tumultuous years, where they experienced or witnessed violence, blood, horror, and death. It is structured into three parts: Oro, a life of luxury and comfort in the city; Plata, a still-luxurious time of refuge in a provincial hacienda; and finally, Mata, a toilsome retreat deeper into the mountains. A war not only turned them into miserable people but also turned them into animals.

1977 Filipino comedy film directed by Ishmael Bernal

Two lovers, who are oceans apart, discover that distance can either make the heart grow fonder or render it numb with grief.

A man appears to a female reporter and claims he is the famous kidnapper that has the world astir and promises to turn himself in if she listens to his story. Though she is suspicious of him, she starts to fall more and more into his story.