Ikaw Lang (1993)
Genre : Thriller, Drama, Action
Runtime : 1H 45M
Director : Chito S. Roño
Writer : Tom Adrales, Chito S. Roño, Gina Marissa Tagasa-Gil, Humilde 'Meek' Roxas
Synopsis
A librarian's husband and mother-in-law turn out to be psychotically abusive. When the husband mistakenly thinks he has killed her, he dumps her in a river, where she is saved by a fisherman. Desperate for money and in need of help to take revenge on her husband, she hooks up with a bank robber whom she falls in love with. Together, they return to her husband's home and kill him.
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