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A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
(or the Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos)
Genres
HistoryDrama
Overview
What follows is a black-and-white silent film set in the 1890s during the brewing Filipino revolution against Spanish colonialism. A series of tragic and comic sequences tells the Three Ages of an Indio (“common man”) as he progresses from boy bell ringer in a village church to teenage revolutionary to adult theater actor rehearsing a popular Spanish play.
Details
Budget
$10000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
97 min
Release Date
2005-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Tagalog
Vote Count
8
Vote Average
6.7
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Lemuel Galman
Mark Joshua Maclang
Russell Ongkeko
Bodjie Pascua
Suzette Velasco
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