Heneral Luna
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| Directed by | Jerrold Tarog |
| Produced by | Fernando Ortigas |
| Written by | Henry Francia E.A. Rocha Jerrold Tarog |
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John Arcilla Mon Confiado Arron Villaflor Joem Bascon Archie Alemania Epi Quizon Nonie Buencamino Paulo Avelino Leo Martinez Mylene Dizon Ronnie Lazaro |
| Music by | Jerrold Tarog |
| Cinematography | Pong Ignacio |
| Edited by | Jerrold Tarog |
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Artikulo Uno Productions
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| Distributed by | Quantum Films Abramorama (United States) |
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Running time
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118 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Tagalog, English, Spanish |
| Budget | ₱80 million |
| Box office | ₱256 million |
Heneral Luna (lit. General Luna) is a 2015 Filipino historical biopic film depicting General Antonio Luna's leadership of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine-American War. It opens with the beginning of hostilities with the American colonizers, and ends with the assassination of Luna on June 5, 1899 - a period in which Luna served as Supreme Chief of the Army under the First Philippine Republic.
Directed by Jerrold Tarog and produced by Artikulo Uno Productions, the film received critical acclaim from critics and audiences alike, praising its cinematography, writing, acting and plot. The film was selected as the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
With a production budget of 80 million pesos, it is one of the most expensive Filipino epic historical films ever released. On September 29, 2015, it broke previous record of ₱160 million to become the highest grossing Filipino historical film of all time. Despite a 50% discount offered student viewers, by the beginning of its fourth week the film was well on its way to reaching the ₱200 million gross ticket sales. In October 11, it was officially announced that the film had reached its ₱240 million break even point.
President Emilio Aguinaldo (Mon Confiado) together with his Prime Minister Apolinario Mabini (Epi Quizon) and the whole presidential cabinet are debating the issue of the American presence in the Philippines. Felipe Buencamino (Nonie Buencamino) and Pedro Paterno (Leo Martinez) support a trade with Americans while General Antonio Luna (John Arcilla) and General José Alejandrino (Alvin Anson) want to wage war to gain independence for the Philippines. Luna asks the cabinet to authorize a pre-emptive strike while the Americans have yet to land their ground troops. Aguinaldo however assured his cabinet that the Americans had promised to help win freedom from their Spanish overlords. Unfortunately, the Americans have invaded key cities in Manila, indicating a possible war against the Filipinos.
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