Angelito

Feb 15, 2017

0h 20m

★ 5.3

Overview

A short film about Antonio Luna’s aides-de-camp Jose and Manuel Bernal during the aftermath of Luna’s assassination.

Genres

History

Production Companies

Artikulo Uno Productions

Tuko Film Productions

Buchi Boy Entertainment

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Cast

Manuel Bernal

Arthur Acuña

Jose Bernal

Alex Medina

Joven Hernando

Arron Villaflor

Julian Del Pilar

Jason Abalos

Vicente Enriquez

Carlo Aquino

Julian del Pilar

Rafa Siguion-Reyna

Miguel Laureano

Jojit Lorenzo

Angel Bernal

Tomas Santos

Farmer

Jaime Gemora

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