Baler

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.

Plot

In 1898, a band of Spanish soldiers heroically defended Baler (which was not yet the capital municipality of Aurora until 1951) against Filipino forces for 337 long and grueling days. The battle, now referred to as the Siege of Baler, is the setting of a forbidden love between a Mestizo soldier (Jericho Rosales) and a Filipina lass (Anne Curtis) who lived at the end of the 19th century.

Release

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.

Cast

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

Awards

2008 Metro Manila Film Festival-Philippines

2009 Gawad Genio Awards

External links

• Baler at the Internet Movie Database