Baler (film)
Baler is a 2008 romantic war film 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. Premise
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. 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 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)

Awards
2008 Metro Manila Film Festival

2009 Gawad Genio Awards

2009 FAMAS Awards

2009 FAP Awards

Controversy
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. See also
Last Stand in the Philippines – 1945 Spanish film
1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – 2016 Spanish film

References

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2008 films
2008 romantic drama films
2000s war drama films
Spanish–American War films
Films set during the Philippine–American War
Films set in the Philippines
Philippine romantic drama films
Philippine war drama films
Viva Films films
Films set in Aurora (province)
Films shot in Aurora (province)
Films directed by Mark Meily