Movie
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
“(or the Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos)”
6.7/10
2005
1h 37m
tl
History
Drama
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
Writers
Raya Martin
Movie Information
Release Date
January 1, 2005
Runtime
1h 37m
Status
Released
Original Language
tl
Vote Count
8
Production
Atopic films
