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José Rizal

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José Rizal

Born June 19, 1861 · Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines

Died December 30, 1896 · aged 35

José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national hero of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms fo…

Known For

SisaSisa · 1951
Sisa
★ 9.01951
MovieHistoryDrama
A mother’s life is destroyed when her two sons, both altar boys, are accused of a crime they didn't commit. As the local authorities hunt them down and her family is torn apart, the trauma drives her into a state of madness as she wanders the town searching for them.
Noli Me TángereNoli Me Tángere · 1961
Noli Me Tángere
★ 6.41961
MovieDramaAction
Based on the revolutionary novel by Jose Rizal, the story follows Crisostomo Ibarra, a young Filipino man who returned from his studies in Europe, who discovered that his father was falsely imprisoned and abused by the Spanish friars, including Padre Damaso. While he is making plans to uplift the lives of his fellow countrymen, he faced resistance from the Spanish colonial government.
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of RevengeRizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge · 2024
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024
MovieDramaFantasy
In this whimsical historical fresco, a counterpoint to today’s urgent political issues, the figure of the Filipino revolutionary Rizal is revisited in the light of early silent films.
El FilibusterismoEl Filibusterismo · 1962
El Filibusterismo
★ 8.51962
MovieActionDrama
A vindictive Crisostomo Ibarra returns, and this time, disguised as a jeweler named Simoun, where he decides to solve the country's issues through violence.
Noli Me TangereNoli Me Tangere · 1939
Noli Me Tangere
1939
MovieDramaHistory
First Filipino screen adaptation of Jose Rizal's popular novel.
V. A Cochero's Christmas EveV. A Cochero's Christmas Eve · 2023
V. A Cochero's Christmas Eve
2023
MovieDramaDocumentary
Interventions in the state of transportation in both our and Rizal's time through primitive intellectual montage. From José Rizal's "El Filibusterismo."
Maria Clara and IbarraMaria Clara and Ibarra · 2022
Maria Clara and Ibarra
★ 7.32022
SeriesDramaComedy
Klay, a Gen Z nursing student who wakes up and finds herself in the world of Jose Rizal’s novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
Noli Me TangereNoli Me Tangere · 1993
Noli Me Tangere
1993
SeriesDrama
Eddie Romero's miniseries adaptation of the novel from Filipino writer and activist Jose Rizal, published during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines in 1887. Noli Me Tángere (Latin for "Touch Me Not") explores perceived inequities in law and practice in terms of the treatment by the ruling government and the Spanish Catholic friars of the resident peoples in the late nineteenth century.

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