Bulaklak sa City Jail

Angela Aguilar, a nightclub singer, was sent to the women's section of the Manila City Jail for the crime of frustrated murder, while awaiting trial. Immediately upon incarceration, she is sexually assaulted by Barbie Berenguer, a lesbian prison overseer, and other women in the jail, and her clothes are taken from her.

Angela shares her cell with Juliet Navarete, who was charged with estafa, Viring, who was imprisoned for killing her husband and is taking care of her daughter inside her jail cell, and Lena, who engages in sexual work inside the jail cell with male prisoners.

The conditions in the jail cell are poor, and the women are subjected to abuse.

• Barbie tries to convince Angela to have sex with Paquito, a male prison warden, upon the latter’s insistence, but it is discovered that Angela is pregnant. Instead, Angela was forced to clean Barbie’s jail cell and latrines.

• Yolly is an inmate who is in a relationship with Kardo, a male inmate, and they sleep together in secret in various jail cells. Yolly catches the attention of Paquito. Paquito and other prison guards and inmates manhandle Kardo, and Kardo tries to convince Yolly to have sex with Paquito and the other senior prison guards, to avoid having him sent to the state penitentiary in Muntinlupa. This is because Kardo is already a convicted felon. However, Kardo was still sent to the state penitentiary. Once Yolly finds out, she hangs herself and her body is discovered by Angela.

• Patricia (Maritess Gutierrez) is imprisoned after causing the death of a college sorority sister in a neophyte hazing incident. On her first day, she is beaten up, similar to the first day of Angela. Angela befriends her and tries to help her. However, she is later killed by Paquito when he tries to coerce her into having sex.

• Lena suddenly finds her son imprisoned. Her son informs her that he was involved in an incident involving the death of a third person, together with his friend group. Her son is unable to give the name of the actual guilty party to the police. Lena breaks down in anger and misery, saying that she had been engaging in sex work even from jail to be able to send money to them, only for her son to find himself in jail as well. Later, her son kills one of the prison guards because he was unable to bear the humiliation that his mother was suffering. He is then taken away to the state penitentiary, to Lena’s despair.

• Juliet seduces one of the prison guards into having sex with her. She steals the prison guard’s firearm and escapes. She can take her son from the family that has taken him and is abusing him. However, she was killed when police tried to apprehend her again.

• Viring reveals that her child was fathered by a police officer who was previously assigned to the jail. After a prison riot, the child, Sarah, was later taken away from Viring and was brought to a foster home. Sarah dies in said foster home, which drives Viring insane. In a later scene, Viring is seen sharpening a spoon into a shiv. She stabs Paquito with the shiv and tries to escape. She is shot repeatedly by Paquito. Paquito tries to leave the premises but is fatally stabbed with the same shiv by Lena. Viring is later seen to have survived the gunshots inflicted on her and is in a wheelchair.

Later, Atty. Diaz (Cris Daluz), Angela's lawyer, advises her to confess to the crime she is charged with, to end the case. He tries to convince her to do so in order for the case to end quickly. He refuses to listen to Angela's explanation of what happened in the matter. Thus, contrary to her counsel’s advice, she pleads not guilty, and her case continues. Angela considers undergoing an abortion and is taken out of the prison compound to do so. However, she reconsiders. She is brought back to prison and is punished by Barbie.

After several months, Angela is in labor and is taken to the hospital to give birth. In the hospital, she escapes and meets a friend who promises to help her. She visits the man who got her pregnant, Crisanto, and plans to kill him, but decides not to. In flashbacks, it is revealed that she did not know that Crisanto was married, and was attacked by his wife, Adela (Gigette Reyes), and she defended herself against said attack. Later, she is near Manila Zoo and is spotted by the police. She hides in the zoo, but the zoo is evacuated of patrons, and a manhunt ensues to recapture her. She hides in the zoo and gives birth on her own. She begs with the police not to take her child away and pleads for mercy.

Later, Angela’s trial commences, where she is assisted by different counsel, Atty. Jacob. She is acquitted, as the prosecution was unable to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. She is shown with her son being baptized and the various inmates serving as the child’s godparents.

Cherubim Films released the film on December 25, 1984, and it is one of the following entries for the 10th Metro Manila Film Festival. It won six awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Director.