6.2 /10 1 Votes
Release date 1997 (1997) | 6.2/10 IMDb Initial release 9 September 1997 Producer Tikoy Aguiluz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Albert MartinezAmanda Page Productioncompany Independent Cinema Association of the PhilippinesPLDTMovipix International Distributed by Falcon FilmsVIVA Video Awards FAMAS Award for Best Picture Screenplay Tikoy Aguiluz, Jose F. Lacaba, Lualhati Bautista, Noel Vera, Mirana Medina-Bhunjun, Vic Torres Cast Similar José Rizal, 3rd World Hero, Senior Year, Magnifico, Sisa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rizal sa dapitan 1997
Rizal sa Dapitan (lit. Rizal in Dapitan), is a 1997 film adaptation of life of the Filipino national hero Dr. José Rizal, starring Albert Martinez as José Rizal and Amanda Page as Josephine Bracken, the screenplay is by Pete Lacaba.
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Plot
José Rizal (Martinez) was exiled in Dapitan in 1892, and he began adapting to his new home. He helped the local residents by offering free education to all children, befriending his student Jose Asiniero (Hernando), and rendering his services as a doctor, including treating his mother, Doña Teodora Alonzo (Carpio), who visited him with his sisters Maria (Pangilinan) and Narcisa (Dumpit).
He met his fiancée Josephine Bracken (Page) who brought her blinded stepfather George Taufer (Holmes) but later on she left him for her beloved Rizal. They decide to marry, but are refused a Church wedding on political grounds. The couple settles for a common-law marriage despite initial opposition from Rizal's family, and have a stillborn son Rizal names Francisco. The film closes with Rizal leaving Dapitan as the locals mourn him. An epilogue explains Rizal's intent to work in Cuba and subsequent arrest, his execution and its birthing the Philippine Revolution.
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