A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

Maicling pelicula nañg ysañg Indio Nacional (original title)

200597 min6.7Tagalog

Directed by

Raya Martin

Logline

(or the Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos)

Synopsis

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.

Cast and Crew

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

Writer: Raya Martin (Writer)

Cinematographer: Maisa Demetillo

Production Designer: Joy Domingo, Vincent Viray

Editors: Bernice Anne Esteban, Louie Quirino

Sound Designer: Tad Ermitaño, Joe Hernandez

Composer: Khavn

Producers: Arleen Cuevas, Raya Martin

Production: Atopic films, Hubert Bals Fund

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