One gets the sense that everything in this film is deliberate, that the music and costumes, the choice of actors, the rhythm itself, all of it is intentional. This is of course Tarrog’s opus, he whose sophisticated take on the genre shines through in his visuals and treatment.

It takes the task of (re-)telling history with a sense of what needs to be said about it in the present, with a sense of what mainstream history has silenced about us as nation. When their stories end with the General they served, it is a poignant statement on loyalty and brotherhood, done elegantly without the trappings of unthinking fraternity.Įlegant is a word to describe the storytelling of Heneral Luna. Paco Roman (Joem Bascon) successfully play up the balance between being familiar enough with Luna to share a laugh or two with him, yet never crossing the line to the point of forgetting his superiority. Functioning as voices of rationality, Capt. The loyal soldiers that surround Luna were also wonderful counterpoints to the General’s fixed ways.

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