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Set during the Philippine-American war, Heneral Luna follows the life of one of Philippine History’s most brilliant military men, General Antonio Luna, as he tries to lead his countrymen against colonial masters new and old, and to rise above their own raging disputes to fulfill the promise of the Philippine Revolution.
General Antonio Luna (John Arcilla), commander of the revolutionary army, is spoiling for a fight. After three hundred years as a Spanish colony, the Philippines must endure a new foreign power...
Sep 24, 2015 · Tarog’s film has generated a firestorm of interest and admiration, and it not only puts Luna on the pedestal he deserves but venerates him (and short of vilifies Emilio Aguinaldo who was...
Noting the breakout success of Heneral Luna, director Jerrold Tarog said there are plans to make it the first of a trilogy if it generated enough revenues. The other two films would individually focus on Gregorio del Pilar and Manuel L. Quezon .
Oct 30, 2015 · Heneral Luna: Directed by Jerrold Tarog. With John Arcilla, Arron Villaflor, Mon Confiado, Bing Pimentel. Set during the Philippine-American war, a short-tempered Philippine Revolutionary Army general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.
1:00 am. JERROLD Tarog directs John Arcilla. TWO FORTUITOUS events, though 17 years apart, led to the making of a film on Antonio Luna—described by first Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo as his “greatest general” of the revolutionary army during the Philippine-American war.
Nov 30, 2015 · One of the most expensive and highest-grossing Filipino films of all time, “Heneral Luna” is a rousing, warts-and-all portrait of Gen. Antonio Luna, the brilliant and brusque strategist whose...
Oct 29, 2015 · A patriotic biopic that veers toward propaganda, “Heneral Luna” is about Antonio Luna, who in the late 1800s led the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine-American War.
Sep 10, 2015 · Jerrold Tarog’s Heneral Luna provides that essential middle ground. It is a film that is crafted with just enough meticulousness a reasonable budget can afford but does not pander to...
Apr 21, 2021 · Rocha discusses a shot with Heneral Luna director Jerrold Tarog (Photo courtesy of TBA Studios) “ Many of us asked, “When was the last time we heard an audience applaud at the end of the film?” PF: What are some of the messages you wanted viewers to take away from the movie?
