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Part-investigative documentary, part-satire and shot entirely in black-and-white, the film tackles the mystery that surrounds the life and death of the Filipino hero, Jose Rizal.Read More »
Ricky Davao
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Mike De Leon – Bayaning 3rd World AKA 3rd World Hero (2000) (HD)
1991-2000DramaMike De LeonPhilippines -
Mike De Leon – Bayaning Third World (2000)
1991-2000ArthouseMike De LeonPhilippinesTwo filmmakers were obsessed with doing a film about Jose Rizal, the Filipino national hero. Their effort to explain the mysteries in the hero’s life lead them to confront the past and its characters.
This odyssey towards the illusive truth show us their face encounters with Dona Lolay, Rizal’s mother; Paciano, the brother; Josephine Bracken, the controversial “dulce extranjera”; Narcisa, the understanding elder sister who holds the key to the retraction controversy; and Padre Balaguet, the jesuit who writes about Rizal’s final hours.Read More »