{"product_id":"0631008056494","title":"Markova","description":"\"Acclaimed Filipino filmmaker Gil M. Portes directs this harrowing account of the life and times of the openly gay Walter Dempster, Jr. AKA Markova. The film opens with Markova watching a documentary of elderly \"\"comfort women\"\" describing their horrors at being forced into prostitution by the Japanese army. From this starting point, Markova (Dolphy) relates he was abused as a child by his bullying older brother. When he died, Markova's taste of freedom was short-lived because he himself was forced into prostitution during the Japanese occupation. When American troops liberated the Philippines, Markova's situation only improved slightly under the ultra-conservative post-war regime. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.\"","brand":"ARIZTICAL ENTERTAINMENT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47091944423664,"sku":"0631008056494","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0631008056494_p0.jpg?v=1763490134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0631008056494","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}