A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

(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.

Cast

Lemuel Galman

Mark Joshua Maclang

Russell Ongkeko

Bodjie Pascua

Suzette Velasco

Crew

Khavn

Music

Arleen Cuevas

Co-Producer

Bernice Anne Esteban

Editor

Louie Quirino

Editor

Raya Martin

Producer

Vincent Viray

Art Direction

Maisa Demetillo

Cinematography

Joe Hernandez

Sound

Joy Domingo

Production Design

Tad Ermitaño

Sound

Clips & Videos

Madaling Araw by Sylvia la Torre