Rizal sa Dapitan
| Rizal sa Dapitan | |
|---|---|
 Official VHS cover | |
| Directed by | Tikoy Aguiluz |
| Written by | Pete Lacaba |
| Starring |
Albert Martinez Amanda Page |
| Music by | Jaime Fabregas |
Production company | |
| Distributed by |
Falcon Films Viva Video |
Release date |
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| Country | Philippines |
Rizal sa Dapitan (lit. Rizal in Dapitan), is a 1997 Philippine biographical film aboout the life of the Filipino national hero José Rizal, starring Albert Martinez as José Rizal and Amanda Page as Josephine Bracken. The screenplay is by Pete Lacaba.
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.
Cast
- Albert Martinez as Dr. José Rizal
- Amanda Page as Josephine Bracken
- Roy Alvarez as Captain Ricardo Carnicero
- Jaime Fabregas as Fr. Franciso de Paula Sanchez
- Candy Pangilinan as Maria Rizal
- Tess Dumpit as Narcisa Rizal
- Rustica Carpio as Teodora Alonzo
- Noni Buencamino as Pío Valenzuela
- Carelle Manuela as Manuela Orlac
- Soliman Cruz as Pablo Mercado
- Junell Hernando as Jose "Josielito" D. Aseniero - student of Rizal later governor of Zamboanga del Norte.
- Cris Michelena as Father Obach (as Chris Michelena)
- Paul Holmes - George Tauffer
References
- Israel, Lorna (2011) "A Body in Permanent Transit. José Rizal's Exile as Spatial Performance", in: manycinemas 2, 54-66. Online at manycinemas.org, pdf