Cast of Characters in Rizal The Movie

Cesar Montano - Dr.Jose Rizal Joel Torre - Simoun Jaime Fabregas - Luis Taviel de Andrade Gloria Diaz - Doa Theodora Alonzo Gardo Versoza - Andres Bonifacio Monique Wilson - Maria Clara Chin Chin Gutierrez - Josephine Bracken Mickey Ferriols - Leonor Rivera Pen Medina - Paciano Rizal

Equivalent Cast of Characters In the novel Noli Me Tangere And El Filibusterismo Dr. Jose Rizal - Simoun Leonor Rivera - Maria Clara

SUMMARY: Rizal The Movie Imprisoned in Fort Santiago under the abusive Spanish colonization, Jos Rizal (Cesar Montano) was approached by a young uneducated indio asking the importance of education during his life. Meanwhile, in Balintawak, Andrs Bonifacio (Gardo Versoza) and his fellow secret organization of Katipunan, commenced the uprising against the tyranny created by the Spaniards by tearing their cedula as a sign of Spanish slavery. Soon, a first lieutenant of the Artillery, Luis Taviel de Andrade (Jamie Fabregas), visited Rizal. Taviel de Andrade did not waste time to study carefully Rizal's case. In just a short period of time, Rizal and Taviel captured each other's sympathy and eventually became friends as they had usual meetings in Rizal's cell in Fort Santiago. Taviel was even able to celebrate Christmas with Rizal in the cell where they drank pan get and sang together. After Christmas, Rizal was sent to Royal Audiencia (the colonial court of appeal) to hear the trial against him. Soon after, the magistrates decided to condemn him under firing squad on the 30th of the morning in Luneta. At the night before the execution, Rizal hallucinates, seeing his alter ego-protagonist Simoun of his novel El Filibusterismo tempting the author to change the climax of the story. On the morning of the execution, his kin received a small alcohol stove (not a gas lamp as commonly portrayed) from his cell containing the last poem "Mi Ultimo Adios." Stopping at the place of execution facing the rising sun, Rizal asked the authorities for a last request as he faces the firing squad but the request is denied. Calm and without haste, he changed his request to save his head during execution and the captain agrees. At the moment the shooting squad points at his back, he readily uttered his final words:Consummatum est. (It is done.) After the execution, members of the Katipunan had ambushed a Spanish military company somewhere in Manila, completely catching the Spanish forces off guard and seized their mounts, munitions and their rifles. They had also captured a church and executed a friar in an act of vengeance for the execution of Rizal. Bonifacio and his top generals met in their headquarters to plan a new offensive seeking to capture 10 towns in a duration of 1 week from the Spanish. Rizal's picture can be seen at the background of his headquarters.

My Reaction about the Rizal The Movie (starring Cesar Montano ) Upon seeing the movie, I clearly visualized how our national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal fought for our country. In the movie, I have seen how Rizal as an ordinary man fell in love and how he courted a girl, through poems. He traveled a lot to gain knowledge that would be useful to his novel and to his country. The movie was a combination of Dr. Rizals real life experiences including his survival in other country and his struggles in writing his novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. Simoun a very well known character in his novel appears in the movie as his alter ego.Simoun even appears in Rizals last hour of life in the movie. He encourages Rizal to change the ending of his novel, he ask him to write again and never lose hope. One of the unforgettable scene in the movie was when Dr. Rizal was asked by an indio played by Jhong Hilario about the symbol of Simouns character in his novel and what it represents to the Filipino people. He answered, Simons father Don Rafael represents our country, Simoun represents we the Filipinos. He explained that, Don Rafael welcomed to his house all the Spanish priest with open arms in the novel just like what Filipinos did to their government. We welcome them, feed them and let them stay to our country but in the end, we ended up like a slave, they betray us and used our innocence to own what truly was ours. Like what happened to Don Rafael, he was killed by the people he trust and even disrespects his remains. Cesar Montano gives justice to his character as an actor. He portrayed the role very well. I was troubled in the part where Josephine Bracken gave birth, because in the book it says that the reason why Rizals son Francisco died was because of Rizals frank to his wife but in the movie they didnt show it. All in all Rizal the Movie was all about Rizals endeavor to achieve freedom and how he used his knowledge, pen and paper to be his weapon.