A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
“(or the Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos)”
2005•1h 37m•6.7•Released
HistoryDrama
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.
Director
Raya Martin
Writer
Raya Martin
Budget
$0M
Languages
Tagalog
Studio
Atopic films
Cast
Lemuel Galman
Mark Joshua Maclang
Russell Ongkeko
Bodjie Pascua
Suzette Velasco
Production
Company
Atopic films
Company
Hubert Bals Fund
Producer
Raya Martin
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