Baler (film)

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Baler is a 2008 romantic war 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.

As the Philippine Revolution comes to an end, a heavily outnumbered Spanish expeditionary force under Captain Enrique de las Morenas Fossi entrench themselves in the local church of Baler, Aurora from wave after wave of Katipunan attacks. Amidst this bloody siege comes a tragic love story between a mestizo named Celso Resurreción, who fights for the Spanish forces, and Feliza Reyes, the daughter of a Katipunero.

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.

• Anne Curtis as Feliza Reyes
• Jericho Rosales as Celso Resurrección
• Phillip Salvador as Daniel Reyes
• Andrew Schimmer as Lt. José Mota
• Baron Geisler as Capt. Enrique Fossí de las Morenas
• Ryan Eigenmann as 2nd Lt. Saturnino Martín Cerezo
• Carlo Aquino as Gabriel Reyes
• Nikki Bacolod as Luming
• Mark Bautista as Lope Balbuena
• Joe Goodall as American Soldier
• Jeremiah Rosales as Jaime Caldenay
• Lindley Lumantas as Ilong
• Joel Torre as Commandante Teodorico Luna Novicio
• Alvin Anson as Catalán
• Mark Lagang as Alom
• Michael de Mesa as Fr. Candido Gómez Carreno
• Rio Locsin as Azón Reyes
• John Richards as American Captain
• Johnny Solomon as Emilio Aguinaldo
• DJ Durano as Pablo/Ambo
• Leo Martinez as Col. Calixto Villacorte
• Bernard Palanca as Lt. Juan Alonzo Zayas
• Miguel Gonzales as Celso Reyes Resurreción, Jr.
• Jao Mapa as Mauro
• Mikel Campos as Flag Bearer
• Spyke Perez
• Vince Edwards
• Billy Ray Afable
• Alan Pérez
• Allen Dizon as Lt. Col. Simón Tecson (uncredited)
• Marc Vautrin as Spanish Soldier (uncredited)

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.^[1]

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• Baler at IMDb