A Short Film About the Indio Nacional (2005)

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Released:
2005-01-01

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.

Director:
Raya Martin

Runtime:
1h 37min

Genre:
History, Drama

  • Cast:
  • Lemuel Galman
  • Mark Joshua Maclang
  • Russell Ongkeko
  • Bodjie Pascua
  • Suzette Velasco