Release Date

01 Jan, 2005

Runtime

01:37: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

(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