Nunal sa Tubig

Nunal sa Tubig
Poster of the restored version featuring Chedeng.
Japanese name
Kanji水の中のほくろ
Literal meaningA Speck in the Water
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnMizu no Naka no Hokuro
Directed byIshmael Bernal
Written byJorge Arago
Produced by
  • Emilio Ejercito
  • Jesse Ejercito
Starring
CinematographyArnold Alvaro
Edited byAugusto Salvador
Music byVanishing Tribe
Production
company
Distributed byCrown Seven Film Productions
Toho (Japan)
Release date
  • August 6, 1976 (1976-08-06)
Running time
119 minutes
Countries
  • Philippines
  • Japan
Languages

A Speck in the Water (Filipino: Nunal Sa Tubig) is a 1976 Philippine drama film written by Jorge Arago and directed by Ishmael Bernal. It tells the story of a love triangle in the impoverished village involving Benjamin (George Estregan), a fisherman in Laguna de Bay, and two women in the villageーChedeng (Daria Ramirez), a soon-to-be midwife, and Maria (Elizabeth Oropesa), a beautiful young woman from the barrio.

It won Best Picture at the 1977 Catholic Mass Media Awards. It received seven nominations from the 1977 Gawad Urian including Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and Best Sound. Daria Ramirez was nominated for Best Actress, while Bernal as nominated for Best Direction.