A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

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A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

(or the Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos)

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.

Original Title

Maicling pelicula nañg ysañg Indio Nacional

Release Date

2005-01-01

Year

2005

Duration

1h 37m

Status

Released

Score

6.70

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Cast

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Lemuel Galman

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Mark Joshua Maclang

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Russell Ongkeko

Bodjie Pascua

Bodjie Pascua

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Suzette Velasco