Ferdinand Marcos is gone. Democracy has returned. A former priest, released from prison, goes on television as proof of the new order and tries to believe justice can now be pursued through institutions. An inquiry in a rural town where a military-backed cult terrorises farmers in the name of anti-communism dismantles that belief. Brocka—who helped draft the 1987 Constitution before walking out of the commission—films the gap between the legal text and the counterinsurgency apparatus operating beneath it. Change the president, rename the regime, and then what? This is the angriest film Brocka has ever made.