Towards the end of the 19th century, in the Spanish colony of the Philippines, a military unit was besieged by Filipino revolutionary insurgents for 337 days in the town of Baler on the Philippine island of Luzon. In December 1898, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris between Spain and the United States, the end of the war was declared between both countries was formally declared ended and Spain ceded sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States. Because of this, the besieged in Baler are known as the “Los últimos de Filipinas” (the last of the Philippines) in the world of cinema.

Lieutenant Martín Cerezo: LUIS TOSAR

Sergeant Jiménez: JAVIER GUTIÉRREZ

Soldier Carlos: ÁLVARO CERVANTES

Priest Cándido: KARRA ELEJALDE

Doctor Vigil: CARLOS HIPÓLITO

Soldier José: RICARDO GÓMEZ

Captain Enrique de las Morenas: EDUARD FERNÁNDEZ

Soldier Carvajal: MIGUEL HERNÁN

Soldier Juan: PATRICK CRIADO

Teresa (Indigenous): ALEXANDRA MASANGKAY

Moisés: EMILIO PALACIOS

Lieutenant Corlonel Cristobal Aguilar: PEDRO CASABLANC

Comander Luna: RAYMOND BAGATSING

Rider: CIRO MIRO

Tagalog Emissary: FRANK SPANO

Tagalog 1: WENJUN

Tagalog 2: MARCOS ZAN

Lieutenant Mota: ANDONI HERNÁNDEZ

Cooker: MAYKOL HERNÁNDEZ

Script: ALEJANDRO HERNÁNDEZ

Director: SALVADOR CALVO

Production Director: CARLOS BERNASES

Photography Director: ALEJANDRO CATALÁN

Art Director: CARLOS BODELÓN

Make up: MILU CABRER

Hairdressing: ALICIA LÓPEZ

Costumes: PAOLA TORRES

BSO: ROQUE BAÑOS

Sound: EDUARDO ESQUIDE

Casting: ELENA ARNAO

Effects: PAU COSTA

“A personal commitment of Enrique Cerezo for which he has surrounded of great actors”

“The setting is precise and claustrophobic, and the chamber solemn”

“Fabulous aerial views that open in channel an obscenely green and blue landscape”

“Un guion complejo y trabajado, con algunos diálogos inquietantes”

“A solid and interesting story with an invoice rarely found in the Spanish period cinema”

“The film flutters between the anti-war message, a stale patriotism and the goodness (or not) of military discipline.”

“Filmed with packaging and elegance, is based on the great work of his powerful cast”

“A powerful anti-war portrait in which the disaster of the war is condemned without ceasing”

“An entertaining and dignified portrait of the stupid Spanish pigheadedness”

“A film that enhances Spanish cinema”

The film can be interpreted from a current point of view. Neither is it a war film nor does it speak of the glory of Spain, but quite the contrary. It’s anti-war and talks about the absurdity of wars “.

The script is “as faithful as possible” to the historical facts, although some are fictional characters, such as the one interpreted by Alvaro Cervantes, which serves to tell about the “disenchantment” of the soldier who arrives with the spirit of war.

“We do not show heroes but human beings, with the best and the worst of each of them, who have to live together for almost a year in a forced and absurd confinement inside a church in a village in the Philippines “.

“At first we thought about going to Baler because the village still exists,” says Calvo, but that town had also been chosen by Coppola to shoot “Apocalipsis now” and then it all went wrong. For this film on the Vietnam war, they built all the sets that were later destroyed by a typhoon. Shortly afterwards, the main actor died of a heart attack, so Coppola moved his shoot to Santo Domingo. “I then found in the Canary Islands the tropical beaches and virgin areas that I needed to recreate the site of Baler at the end of the 19th century”

AWARDS

1 Goya – Best Customes (Paola Torres)

NOMINACIONES

9 – GOYAS

1- JOSE MARÍA FORQUÉ

Best Fiction Film

4 – CÍRCULO DE ESCRITORES CINEMATOGRÁFICOS

Best Supporting Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Photography, Best B.S.O