Your brother-in-law shoots you, your land gets stolen, and the recruiter says communism is patriotism. Messy.
Carding, the anti-Japanese guerrilla turned Huk rebel when his family's land is taken over by the greedy landlord while Maxie, the communist recruiter who assures Carding that only a communist can be a true Filipino; however it was Jesus, Carding's brother-in-law who shoots Carding in the arm foiling his attempt to escape the military.
Direction
Avellana's neorealist staging of peasant struggle
Acting
Padilla's simmering transformation from fighter to fugitive
Writing
The rare Hukbalahap portrayal without easy propaganda
Director
Lamberto V. Avellana
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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