“BAYANING 3RD WORLD”
Cast of Characters
Ricky Davao as Filmmaker # 1
Cris Villanueva as Filmmaker # 2
Joel Torre as Jose Rizal
Daria Ramirez as Teodora Alonzo – mother of Jose
Joonee Gamboa as Paciano – brother of Jose
Rio Locsin as Trinidad – sister of Jose
Cherry Pie Picache as Narcisa – sister of Jose
Lara Fabregas as Josephine Bracken – an Irish, the last love of Rizal
Ed Rocha as Fr. Vicente Balaguer – the one who is responsible in the release of the Retraction Paper
Bon Vivar as Fr. Jose Villaclara
Director
Mike de leon
PLOT OF THE STORY
Setting:
Rizals’ house in Calamba
Conflict/s:
Jose’s family doesn’t want Josephine Bracken to be his wife because they call her “kire” and also, she lacks intellectual capacity.
Another conflict is when Josephine Bracken stands that she’s Jose Rizal’s wife so she’s worth it of Rizal’s works.
The other conflict is if Josephine Bracken really loved Dr. Jose Rizal or she’s just a spy or bridge used by the Spanish priests for Rizal’s retraction.
The heated argument between the two film makers because of the retraction issue.
Climax:
Jose Rizal wanted to marry Josephine Bracken, his last lover, and the one he loved so much and the only way to marry her is to make a retraction paper since he was a member of Masonry. According to the film, a retraction paper was submitted even without Jose’s signature. It became the climax of the film because we all know Jose Rizal doesn’t believe in church’ system but he believes in God and according to the retraction paper, Jose is asking for apology because of what he did towards the Catholic Church during his life, through his works, writings and even how he thinks about the church. In the letter, it is also included that he abominates Masonry because it opposes what church teaches. According to the interview of the two film makers with Doña Lolay and Paciano, they believed that Rizal did not retract because it was inconsistent to what he believed in. They also