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Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
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Title: Balangiga: Howling Wilderness

Release Date: 20 Oct 2017

Runtime: 2h

Genre: History, Drama, Adventure

Director: Kamias Overground, QCinema International Film Festival, Quezon City Film Development Commission

Production Companies: Kamias Overground, QCinema International Film Festival, Quezon City Film Development Commission

Overview: 1901, Balangiga. Eight-year-old Kulas flees town with his grandfather and their carabao to escape General Smith's Kill & Burn order. He finds a toddler amid a sea of corpses and together, the two boys struggle to survive the American occupation.

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Average Vote: 9 (2 votes)

Cast

  • Kulas: Justine Samson
  • Apoy Buroy: Pio del Rio
  • Bola: Warren Tuaño
  • Lieutenant Manchus: Daniel Palisa
  • Kulas' Mother: Althea Vega
  • Banduria Bandolero: Lourd De Veyra
  • Father Puray: Roxlee
  • Biringan Bird: Lolita Carbon
  • Biringan Bird: Jean Judith Javier
  • Biringan Bird: Henry Strzalkowski
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