Dekada '70 (lit. 'The '70s') is a Filipino novel by Lualhati Bautista. It tells the story of a middle-class family in Manila living through martial law under Ferdinand Marcos. The novel was awarded the 1983 Palanca Award Grand Prize. An English-language translation by Clarisse de Jesus was self-published by Bautista. In 2022, it was reported by Bautista that Penguin Random House was offering to publish an English-language translation as part of the Penguin Classics series. The novel was adapted as a 2002 film of the same name under Star Cinema, directed by Chito S. Roño, and with a screenplay by Lualhati Bautista. The film starred Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon with Piolo Pascual, Carlos Agassi, Marvin Agustin, Danilo Barrios, John Wayne Sace, and Kris Aquino.
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Dekada '70 was adapted into a 2002 film.
Dekada '702002 · film · 128 min · dir. Chito S. Roño · IMDb ↗IMDb7.7Amanda and Julian are doing their best to rear their five sons during the repressive dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Though the parents view themselves as apolitical, most of their sons bristle at life under martial law and turn to various forms of activism -- or to simple teenage rebellion -- for release. After the family becomes the victim of extremist violence, Amanda begins to find her own dissident voice.
