Heneral luna movie showing
The defeated Spaniards did not want to surrender to Filipinos. Spain’s 333 years of Philippines colonization ended in 1898. The generals wanted to strike, the commoners were with the generals willing to dare and die for their country. Then Prime Minister Mabini agreed with Heneral Luna, warning the Cabinet of the 7,000 additional American reinforcement arriving to fight any insurgencies. Intramuros was the seat of government and power base of the Spaniards in the archipelago.
José Alejandrino who wanted to continue the revolution for Philippine independence. In a scene towards the end of the film, the bodies of Luna and his allies are dragged across the courtyard in a manner highly reminiscent of the Spoliarium, a painting which has served as artistic icon of Filipino nationalism, painted in 1884 by Luna’s own brother, Juan Luna.įilipino ilustrados (the oligarchs then) Felipe Buencamino and Pedro Paterno argue for an American alliance with the Philippines as its protectorate. The burning flag during the end credits is a poignant experience for Filipino audiences.
29, 2015, it broke the previous record of P160 million to become the highest grossing Filipino historical film of all time.ĭespite a 50 percent discount offered to student viewers, by the beginning of its fourth week the film was well on its way to reaching P200 million in gross ticket sales.Ī number of visual motifs throughout film have symbolic significance, particularly for audiences familiar with the history of the period and Filipino culture.Ī Philippine revolutionary flag is displayed prominently in the film’s bookend scenes, becoming dirtier and more ragged when the film reverts to its framing device as the events of the film unfold.
Antonio Luna’s leadership in the Philippine Revolution during the Philippine-American war. In 2015, a year before Rodrigo Duterte was elected President of the Philippines, the movie “Heneral Luna” was showing to unprecedented box office crowds throughout the Philippines.