Goyo, Ang Batang Heneral (2018)

11 Things You Never Knew About Gregorio Del Pilar

The movie JERROLD TAROG directed is really an epic film with 75% facts and 25% fiction.  Well, I don't know how accurate that is, but just as it is stated at the start of the film, it is filled historical facts mixed with fiction for a narrative purpose.  Something like that.

Besides the main stars, and it being a fundraiser, we were also excited to see this film, because of these two reasons:

1) My nephew, Vinni Misa, was in it(He was one of the American soldiers.);

and

2) We have a painting at home of the Battle of Tirad Pass at home

As photographed by my then four-year-old nephew(he's eleven now)

The Battle of Tirad pass by Col. Ramon Mendoza, 1977

This is indeed a beautiful narrative based on researched facts mixed with some fictitious characters and fictitious scenes.  My family believes that it's somehow unfair to President Aguinaldo,  but MON CONFIADO acted so well that we almost believed it ourselves.  We just had to breathe in and breathe out.

There were shaky scenes during the start of the movie, but I don't know if that's done on purpose so it would seem like it's cinéma vérité.  After all, it's a biopic.

The actors who were carefully chosen delivered, and EPY QUIZON gave justice to the Sublime Paralytic, Apolinario Mabini.

I have a feeling that the third installment would focus on Manuel Luis Quezon, the Philippine Commonwealth President, and the second President.  BENJAMIN ALVES is believable as the conflicted, but determined and admirable person that he was.

I won't do a roll call of everyone anymore.  Just check the list below.  

Kudos to everyone involved in this film.

Congratulations to UP Rural High School Class of 1994 for two successful fundraisers.

Directed by Jerrold Tarog

Written by E.A. Rocha, Jerrold Tarog and

Rody Vera

Starring PAULO AVELINO as GOYO ang Batang Heneral

in alphabetical order, the other cast members:

Jason Abalos

Art Acuña

Benjamin Alves

Alvin Anson

Christopher Aronson 

RK Bagatsing

Carlo Aquino

Christopher Aronson

RK Bagatsing

Perla Bautista

Nonie Buencamino

Dan Cade

Roeder Camañag

Mon Confiado

Carlo Cruz

Jason Dewey

Matt Evans

Miguel Faustmann

Billy Ray Gallion

Hans Eckstein

Bret Jackson

Ronnie Lazaro

Kevin Limjoco

Guji Lorenzana

Jojit Lorenzo

Dennis Marasigan

Leo Martinez

Lorenz Martinez

Karl Medina 

Vinni Misa

Gabby Padilla 

Epy Quizon

Che Ramos

EA Rocha

Ethan Salvador

Tomas Santos

Empress Schuck

Robert Seña

Rafael Siguion-Reyna

Aurelien Sire

Kurt Soberano

Stephanie Sol

Markki Stroem

Arron Villaflor

Erick Waldie

Brian Wilson

Gwen Zamora