Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos


Tatlong Taóng Walang Diyos is a 1976 Filipino period film directed by Mario O'Hara starring Nora Aunor, Christopher De Leon, and Bembol Roco.

Plot

The film, set during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines between 1942 and 1944, tells the story of Rosario, a young schoolteacher engaged to be married to Crispin. Crispin leaves Rosario to fight the Japanese as a guerilla, and in his absence a Japanese-Filipino officer named Masugi rapes her.
Masugi later returns to Rosario apologizing for his act, bearing gifts of canned food and rice which Rosario at first refuses. Matters are complicated when Rosario's father Mang Andoy is arrested by the Japanese and Rosario reveals to Masugi that she is pregnant. Rosario must make a choice: accept Masugi's proposal to make her his wife, or reject him and the baby they have conceived together.

Cast and characters

Reviews were very positive, with Pio de Castro III of The Times Journal in 1976 calling it "one of the best films" of the year. Film critic Noel Vera agreed, calling the movie the "greatest Filipino film ever made", and Vincenzo Tagle stated in 2012 that it "still remains unsurpassed".

Digital restoration

In 2016, ABS-CBN Corporation commissioned the film to be digitally restored and remastered by L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, Italy as part of their ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project. The restoration of the film was supervised by Davide Pozzi. The restored version premiered at the 2016 Cinema One Originals film festival on November 15, 2016.

Recognitions

List of film festival exhibitions