A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

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.

Release Date

January 1, 2005

Status

Released

Original Title

Maicling pelicula nañg ysañg Indio Nacional

Runtime

1h 37min

Budget

$10,000

Revenue

Language

Tagalog

Production Companies

Atopic filmsHubert Bals Fund