Celso and Cora (1983)

A documentary of a young couple and their two children living in a squatter settlement in the Philippine capital, Manila. Rather than just a report on poverty, this is a universal story of people experiencing everyday events with a mixture of humor, irritation, weariness, and courage. Cora and Celso make a living selling cigarettes at night outside a downtown hotel in defiance of City regulations. The film follows their lives over a three-month period, beginning with Cora's attempt to find a new room for the family after they have been evicted from their previous home. Later, Celso and Cora face a crisis in their own relationship aggravated by the stresses of their daily life.

Released Feb. 5, 1983 109 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: imdb.squatter, imdb.poverty, imdb.suburb, imdb.slum, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.working-class, imdb.urban-studies + 24 more, imdb.urban-development, imdb.third-world, imdb.squatters-camp, imdb.squatter-settlement, imdb.sociology, imdb.social-studies, imdb.settlement, imdb.settlement-house, imdb.philippine-history, imdb.manila-philippines, imdb.lower-class, imdb.forced-settlement, imdb.eviction, imdb.ethnography, imdb.ethnographic-film, imdb.ethnic, imdb.eonomic-sociology, imdb.environment, imdb.economics, imdb.crisis, imdb.coping-behavior, imdb.city, imdb.anthropology, imdb.character-name-in-title