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Bayaning 3rd World

2000 Directed by Mike de Leon

Two filmmakers try to create a film venturing on the life of Jose Rizal. Before they do that, they try to investigate on the heroism of the Philippine national hero. Of particular focus is his supposed retraction of his views against the Roman Catholic Church during the Spanish regime in the Philippines which he expressed primarily through his two novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The investigation was done mainly by "interviewing" key individuals in the life of Rizal such as his mother Teodora Alonso, his siblings Paciano, Trinidad, and Narcisa, his love interest and supposed wife Josephine Bracken, and the Jesuit priest who supposedly witnessed Rizal's retraction, Fr. Balaguer. Eventually, the two filmmakers would end up "interviewing" Rizal himself to get to the bottom of the issue.

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Ricky Davao

Ricky Davao

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Filmmaker 1

Joel Torre

Joel Torre

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Jose Rizal

Cris Villanueva

Cris Villanueva

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Filmmaker 2

Daria Ramirez

Daria Ramirez

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Doña Teodora Alonso

Rio Locsin

Rio Locsin

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Trinidad "Trining" Rizal

Cherry Pie Picache

Cherry Pie Picache

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Narcisa Rizal

Joonee Gamboa

Joonee Gamboa

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Paciano Rizal

93 minutes

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