At the end of the 19th century, the United States (an emerging superpower at the time) purchased the Philippines from Spain to get a toehold in Asia. “Heneral Luna” (“heneral” is Tagalog for “general” ...
One of the most expensive and highest-grossing Filipino films of all time, “Heneral Luna” is a rousing, warts-and-all portrait of Gen. Antonio Luna, the brilliant and brusque strategist whose command ...
The Philippines’ official Oscar submission for foreign-language film, “Heneral Luna,” is a fittingly theatrical portrait of larger-than-life Philippine Revolutionary Army commander Antonio Luna, ...