Markova: Comfort Gay (2000)

Director
Gil Portes

Main cast
Dolphy; Eric Quizon; Jeffrey Quizon; Andoy Ranay; Freddie Quizon

Genres
Comedy, Drama

Description
After watching a documentary about the suffering of women forced into prostitution during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Markova decides to tell his own painful story to reporter Loren Legarda. Escaping the torment of growing up with an abusive older brother, he and his friends found further suffering at the hands of Japanese soldiers, forced into sex work to survive. But even after the war, Markova's struggle continued.


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