Baler (film)
| Baler | |
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| Directed by | Mark Meily |
| Produced by | Vicente G. del Rosario III Vic del Rosario Jr. Veronique del Rosario-Corpus Erwin Genuino Hermie Go June T. Rufino |
| Screenplay by | Roy Iglesias |
| Story by | Roy Iglesias |
| Starring |
Anne Curtis Jericho Rosales Phillip Salvador |
| Music by | Vincent de Jesus |
| Cinematography | Lee Meily |
| Edited by | Danny Anonuevo |
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Production
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VIVA Films
BIDA Foundation |
| Distributed by | VIVA Films |
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Release date
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Running time
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116 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language |
Tagalog Spanish |
| Budget | P 100 million |
| Box office | P 37 million |
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.
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.
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 .
2008 Metro Manila Film Festival
2009 Gawad Genio Awards
2009 FAMAS Awards
2009 FAP Awards
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."
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