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Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors

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1617. The Spanish friar, Padre Enciso, the encomendero of one of the islands in Las Islas Filipinas, rules with unrelenting toughness and insatiable libido, "To tame these savages," he proclaims. He salves his cruelty effectively by invoking the soul's emancipation through Jesus' suffering; and the hospitable and embracing indigenous Malay is doomed.

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Lav Diaz

Director

Bart Guingona

Actor

Ronnie Lazaro

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Isabel Sandoval

Actor

Yul Servo

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Christian Bables

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Synopsis 1617. The Spanish friar, Padre Enciso, the encomendero of one of the islands in Las Islas Filipinas, rules with unrelenting toughness and insatiable libido, "To tame these savages," he proclaims. He salves his cruelty effectively by invoking the soul's emancipation through Jesus' suffering; and the hospitable and embracing indigenous Malay is doomed.
Director
Lav Diaz
Producer
Lovi Poe, Montgomery Blencowe, Bianca Balbuena, Hazel Orencio
Screenwriter
Lav Diaz
Production Co
C'est Lovi Productions, Epicmedia Production, sine olivia pilipinas
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
Filipino
Runtime
2h 31m
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