Umpteenth, Philippines to seek first Oscar nomination for best film in a foreign language. 'Heneral Luna' is the chosen film '.
Specifically, this will be the 27th film that has been shortlisted for a country that has not only never been nominated for the Oscar, but it has not even passed the first cut that leaves the candidates in nine since it exists.
'Heneral Luna' is about a film by Jerrold Tarog, a filmmaker little known in the West but with a great career in his country and multi-awarded both in the Philippines and in competitions in various eastern countries.
This time The Philippines presents an epic film about one of the country's most famous characters, General Antonio Luna, one of the best military in the country that tried to lead the Filipino people against the United States in the war between these two countries and he tried to rise up in the face of his own disputes to carry out the Philippine revolution.
We remember that last year there was a country that opted for a similar film, a biopic about a revolutionary, and ended up giving the surprise, it is about Venezuela that managed to pass the first cut with the tape 'Lbertador'. We will see if the Philippines can at least achieve the same feat.