Retro Radio: Brillante Mendoza's 'Serbis'

Retro Radio: As SBS celebrates 50 years of broadcasting, we look back at some of the interviews from the SBS Filipino archives. Let us listen in to Brillante Mendoza's 2008 interview.

(File photo) with the late Jaclyn Jose (R) embraces director Brillante Mendoza after being awarded the Best Actress prize for the movie 'Ma Rosa' during the closing ceremony of the annual 69th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 22, 2016 in Cannes, France. B Mendoza and the late J Jose worked together in the movie 'Serbis' Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Key Points

• 'Serbis' was nominated for the Palme d'Or (main prize) during the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival.
• This is the second Filipino film to be nominated for the Palme d'Or , first was Lino Brocka's 'Jaguar' in 1979.
• Before working in the film industry, Brillante Mendoza worked in advertising.

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Retro Radio: Brillante Mendoza's 'Serbis'

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