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After watching this again, I am REPOSTING an old short piece that I've written in 1989 .  Since it was banned here,  I watched it via the LaserDisc version months after it was shown in the Cannes Film Festival.  I just updated it a bit.  The movie's claim is that the events are real.  They just changed the names, the places and the exact locations. Source In a rural town dun by a cult leader, the film explores the murder of a foreign priest who gave last rites to a rebel.  -WWW Initial release: 24 May 1989 (France) Director: Lino Brocka Screenplay: Jose "Pete" F. Lacaba Production company: The Cannon Group, Inc. Music composed by: Hugo Crotti, Hubert Bougis If I am not mistaken this is real the reason our beloved President Corazon C. Aquino did not approve of Phillip Salvador not only as her daughter's lover, but as a person.  (added 5/18/2018) I know a lot of people who think that our dear President Corazon C. Aquino took advantage o...

Calling this a review would be a misnomer. This entry is more of what I felt when I was watching the film and afterward. Baler used to be a part of Quezon Province (of course it wasn't called  Quezon then, but the Province of Tayabas) where my dad of Armenian, Spanish, Japanese and Indian ancestry, hails from. Aurora now is another province. Nevertheless, because of its history and linkage of the people the two provinces were named after, it will forever be a "part" of Quezon. Having seen the posters last year, I became very interested in watching the film. I wondered why Anne Curtis was chosen as Feliza and Jericho was cast as Celso. Anne Curtis looked more mestiza than Jericho,  et cetera, et cetera . According to  film_angel , "The main purpose was to highlight the innate kindness and hospitality of the Baler folks. The filmmakers erred when they veered away from that objective." Even so, the movie achieved dramatic effect and Ro...