JOSE RIZAL FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD
The mercado-rizal family
WOMEN OF JOSE RIZAL
paintings
sketches
sculptures
historical landmarks
miscellaneous pictures
film and documentary
Documentary
Film
Jose Rizal is a three-hour epic on the life and struggles of poet and patriot Jose Rizal, the national hero and martyr of the Philippines, played by Cesar Montano. Directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya, this is GMA Films' entry to the 1998 Metro Manila Film Festival. It is considered as one of the biggest budgeted films in Philippine movie history with a record of P80-million.
Jose Rizal is biographical drama by GMA Films, directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya in the year 1998. It was also GMA’s entry to the 1998 Metro Manila Film Festival, nominated and won for many awards. The film depicts the life of the national hero of the Philippines, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, from his childhood with Paciano, his college year in Ateneo, to his untimely death in Bagumbayan. It stars Cesar Montano as Dr. Jose Rizal, together with a highly-acclaimed cast including Jaime Fabregas, Pen Medina, Gardo Versoza, and Joel Torre who played a familiar role of Crisostomo Ibarra.
The film was dubbed as the most spectacular and "controversial" Philippine film epic because of its record-breaking 80-million budget. It was also considered as one of the biggest, finest and most successful historical films, both commercially and artistically ever made in the history of Philippine cinema. The film won several prestigious awards and has also premiered at several well-known film festivals around the world including the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998 and has also won as the 2nd runner-up in the Audience Award of the Toronto Filmfest.
For the Summary of the Film, visit:
https://pacificheir.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/summary-of-the-film-jose-rizal-by-marilou-diaz-abaya/
Jose Rizal is biographical drama by GMA Films, directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya in the year 1998. It was also GMA’s entry to the 1998 Metro Manila Film Festival, nominated and won for many awards. The film depicts the life of the national hero of the Philippines, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, from his childhood with Paciano, his college year in Ateneo, to his untimely death in Bagumbayan. It stars Cesar Montano as Dr. Jose Rizal, together with a highly-acclaimed cast including Jaime Fabregas, Pen Medina, Gardo Versoza, and Joel Torre who played a familiar role of Crisostomo Ibarra.
The film was dubbed as the most spectacular and "controversial" Philippine film epic because of its record-breaking 80-million budget. It was also considered as one of the biggest, finest and most successful historical films, both commercially and artistically ever made in the history of Philippine cinema. The film won several prestigious awards and has also premiered at several well-known film festivals around the world including the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998 and has also won as the 2nd runner-up in the Audience Award of the Toronto Filmfest.
For the Summary of the Film, visit:
https://pacificheir.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/summary-of-the-film-jose-rizal-by-marilou-diaz-abaya/