Dirty Affair
1990, Tagalog. Directed by Lino Brocka.
An explosive, provocative drama about power, lust and love, as timely as today's events.
A teenage boy befriends a starlet who is having an affair with an ambitious mayor. As the elections are coming up, the mayor's wife wants him to get rid of his mistress. The starlet agrees to stop the affair on condition that the mayor help release her boyfriend from jail. The mayor does so, but wants the former jail-bird to kill his political rival.
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Tagalog
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- Released
- 17 May 1990
- Original title
- Gumapang Ka sa Lusak
- Country
- Philippines
- Written by
- Ricky Lee
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Dirty Affair runs 120 minutes (2h 0m).
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Dirty Affair isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 May 1990. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Dirty Affair?
Dirty Affair (1990) was directed by Lino Brocka and stars Dina Bonnevie, Christopher de Leon, Eddie Garcia.