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1898, OUR LAST MEN IN THE PHILIPPINES

by Salvador Calvo

synopsis

Death, violence, blood, desperation, fear and starvation. This is the plight of the last fifty men of the Spanish Empire as they defend the last of its colonies to the death: the Philippines. These Spaniards, drifters rather than soldiers, barricade themselves inside the church in the small village of Baler against the incessant offensive by the country’s native Tagalogs. Over 300 days go by, and day in and day out, they suffer all kinds of illness and miseries. Between the arrows they receive and their own return fire, these Spa-niards, far from home, take on the adventure of their lives in an inhospitable jungle crawling with crocodiles and other dangers. They battle onslaught after onslaught from the natives; they sneak out at night to steal food and they smoke opium to drown their sorrows. And above all, they entrust themselves to a God and Country who, to their disbelief, abandoned them long ago...

international title: 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines
original title: 1898. Los últimos de Filipinas
country: Spain
sales agent: Film Factory Entertainment
year: 2016
genre: fiction
directed by: Salvador Calvo
film run: 105'
release date: ES 2/12/2016
screenplay: Alejandro Hernández
cast: Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Cervantes, Carlos Hipólito, Karra Elejalde, Miguel Herrán, Ricardo Gómez, Eduard Fernández, Eduard Fernández
cinematography by: Alex Catalán
film editing: Jaime Colis
art director: Carlos Bodelon
costumes designer: Paola Torres
music: Roque Baños
producer: Enrique Cerezo, Pedro Costa
production: Enrique Cerezo P.C.
distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia

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