A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
"(or the Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos)"
What follows is a black-and-white silent film set in the 1890s during the brewing Filipino revolution against Spanish colonialism. A series of tragic and comic sequences tells the Three Ages of an Indio (“common man”) as he progresses from boy bell ringer in a village church to teenage revolutionary to adult theater actor rehearsing a popular Spanish play.
| Release Date | January 1, 2005 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Maicling pelicula nañg ysañg Indio Nacional | |
| Runtime | 1h 37min | |
| Budget | $10,000 | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | Tagalog | |
| Original Language | Filipino | |
| Production Countries | Philippines | |
| Production Companies | Atopic filmsHubert Bals Fund | |