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Initial release 25 December 2008 Story by Roy C. Iglesias | 6.9/10 IMDb Screenplay by Roy Iglesias Cinematography Lee Meily Music director Vincent de Jesus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Vicente G. del Rosario IIIVic del Rosario Jr.Veronique del Rosario-CorpusErwin GenuinoHermie GoJune T. Rufino Starring Anne CurtisJericho RosalesPhillip Salvador Executive producers Vicente del Rosario Jr., Erwin Genuino Cast Similar Crying Ladies, Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure, Muling Umawit ang Puso, Andrea - Paano Ba Ang Magi, Mano Po III: My Love | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Baler is a 2008 drama film and the official entry of VIVA Films in the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival, starring Anne Curtis and Jericho Rosales. Its first screening was on December 25, 2008, simultaneously with the rest of the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival film entries.
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Plot
In 1898, a band of Spanish soldiers heroically defended Baler (which was later made the provincial capital of Aurora in 1951) against Filipino revolutionary forces for 337 long and gruelling days. This battle, now known as the Siege of Baler, is the setting of a forbidden love between a mestizo soldier (Jericho Rosales) and a native Filipina (Anne Curtis) who lived at the end of the 19th century.
Release
Baler has been available on original CD and DVD since March 17, 2009.
Baler had a special screening at the 2nd San Joaquin International Film Festival, on May 19, 2009 in Stockton, California.
Cast
Awards
2008 Metro Manila Film Festival
2009 Gawad Genio Awards
2009 FAMAS Awards
2009 FAP Awards
Controversy
On February 25, 2013, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales ordered the indictment of former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) chairman Efraim Genuino, his son Erwin, and six other officials of the state-run gaming firm for malversation and graft charges in connection to a multimillion-peso deal for "Baler."
