CANNES—If Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" had Kim Novak, Lino Brocka's "Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag" had Hilda Koronel. Both vintage films are featured in the world's biggest festival, specifically in the Cannes Classics section, currently going on in this coastal city in the south of France. The fest website reported that Novak would be the guest of honor in the premiere of "Vertigo" on May 25. Not to be outdone, the Philippine contingent made sure that it also had a classic beauty at its own red-carpet event—the grand debut of the digitally restored version of Brocka's 1975 film held last Friday night at the Salle Buñu...
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