
Movie
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional (2005)
(or the Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos)
History · Drama
Story
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 Starring: Lemuel Galman, Mark Joshua Maclang, Russell Ongkeko, Bodjie Pascua
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional Cast
- Lemuel Galman
- Mark Joshua Maclang
- Russell Ongkeko
- Bodjie Pascua
- Suzette Velasco