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A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

(or the Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos)

Genres

HistoryDrama

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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.

Others

Budget

$10000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Tagalog

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

01 January 2005

Country

Philippines

Cast

Lemuel Galman

Lemuel Galman

Mark Joshua Maclang

Mark Joshua Maclang

Russell Ongkeko

Russell Ongkeko

Bodjie Pascua

Bodjie Pascua

Suzette Velasco

Suzette Velasco

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