Sister Stella L. (1984)

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After learning about her government's neglect of the working poor, Sister Stella Legaspi (Vilma Santos) experiences a political awakening and gets involved in a labor walkout in director Mike De Leon's insightful drama. But when her reporter friend Nick Fajardo (Jay Ilagan) is tortured and a union… More After learning about her government's neglect of the working poor, Sister Stella Legaspi (Vilma Santos) experiences a political awakening and gets involved in a labor walkout in director Mike De Leon's insightful drama. But when her reporter friend Nick Fajardo (Jay Ilagan) is tortured and a union leader (Tony Santos) is abducted and executed, the activist nun must draw on all her inner strength to continue the fight. Gina Alajar also stars.