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Hesus the Revolutionary (Jesus the Revolutionary)

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Original title

Hesus, rebolusyunaryo

Year

2002

Running time

112 min.

Country

Philippines

Director

Lav Diaz

Screenwriter

Lav Diaz. Story: Lav Diaz

Cast

Music

The Jerks

Cinematography

Romulo Araojo

Producer

Regal Films

Genre

Action. Drama. Sci-Fi

Synopsis

A military junta has taken power on the Philippines. Their takeover is fought by Moslem separatists, communists and rival military. In the middle of the chaos there is Hesus Mariano: academic, musician, poet and sniper. Politically tinted science-fiction action drama with an attitude.

It's the year 2011 and the Philippines has been taken over by a military junta; the leader, a General Racellos, wields tight control over the country's single TV station, radio station and newspaper. Racellos' power is being challenged by Muslim secessionists, by the Communist movement and by a rival military group. In the middle of this turmoil stands Hesus Mariano (a quietly volatile Mark Anthony Fernandez) - scholar, musician, sharpshooter, poet, warrior. Jesus the Revolutionary was made on a shoestring budget (around five million pesos / 75,000 euro) and shot in roughly twenty days, but the ideas teeming in it are enough to fill a half-dozen lesser films. Except for the deserted streets and spray-painted graffiti, you won't see any evidence of progress, of advanced technology, any sign at all that it's almost a decade into tomorrow; if anything, things appear to have gotten worse... which is probably precisely Diaz's point. It's an action flick with an attitude, a political satire with a philosophical bent, a science-fiction drama with a committed political stance. The film mixes the influences of George Orwell, Jose Rizal and video games, using the future as a prismatic lens to focus on the follies of the present.

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