Ekis: Walang Tatakas

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Ekis: Walang Tatakas
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Film poster
Directed by Erik Matti
Screenplay by
  • Erik Matti
  • Jet Orbida
  • Checcs Osmeña
Story by
  • Erik Matti
  • Mark Querubin
Produced by
  • Vincent del Rosario III
  • Veronique del Rosario-Corpus
Starring
CinematographyRolly Manuel
Edited byDanny Gloria
Music by Jaime Fabregas
Production
company
Distributed byViva Films
Release date
  • July 28, 1999 (1999-07-28)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

Ekis: Walang Tatakas is a 1999 Philippine crime drama film co-written and directed by Erik Matti. The film stars Sunshine Cruz and Albert Martinez. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Plot

A battered wife and her lover, whom she doesn't know was actually a kidnapper, want to start a new life together. Things go wrong when the police bust the ransom payoff and the wife, caught by her husband packing, kills her husband during a fight that ensues.

Cast

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References

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