The revolution will be stylized — Raymond Red's fever-dream portrait of a forgotten hero.
Independent filmmaker Raymond Red's first crossover to full-length feature is a highly visual chronicle of the rise and fall of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio. Noted for its heavy stylistics and painstaking attention to filmic detail, the biopic also tackles the momentous events surrounding the Philippine struggle against Spanish colonialism. The historical epic is a most fitting cinematic memorial to the centenary of Philippine independence.
Cinematography
Every frame looks carved from volcanic stone.
Direction
Red's confident arrival — experimental but never indulgent.
Production
Guerrilla indie budget, epic historical ambition.
Director
Raymond Red
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Raymond Red shot this on 16mm with nearly nonexistent budget, winning Best Director at Cannes' Director's Fortnight — the first Filipino to do so.
Released during the centennial independence celebrations, it controversially refused the patriotic hagiography expected — instead showing Bonifacio's factional downfall and execution by fellow revolutionaries.
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