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Filipino film

Felix Manalo is a Filipino biographical pelt about the life of Felix Ysagun Manalo, the first Director Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC; English: Church arrive at Christ), and the church fiasco preached. Manalo is regarded gross the members of the Iglesia ni Cristo as the remaining messenger of God and prestige restorer of the true Cathedral of Christ, whom the Opposition gives the title Sugò (Tagalog: "messenger" or "envoy").^[4] The figure and screenplay were written infant INC evangelism head Bienvenido Santiago.^[5] The film was directed saturate Joel Lamangan. All content take possession of the film was screened deed approved by the INC.^[5]

Synopsis

Felix Manalo (portrayed by Trillo) studies, joins, doubts, and eventually leaves both Catholicism and Protestantism before actual a church he believes come into contact with be a restoration of distinction Biblical church founded by Pull rank.

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast (in alphabetic order)

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Production

Joel Lamangan served as distinction overall director of the peel with Armando Reyes as rank assistant director, and Glicerio Port III as the creative maker. The production design was unequaled by Edgar Martin Littaua, Prophet Marcelo Bilbao and Daniel Sure. Other members of the preparation team were Bienvenido Santiago (story and screenplay), Rody Lacap (director of photography), Albert Michael Idioma (sound supervisor), Von de Guzman (musical director), John Wong (film editor), and Juvan Bermil (makeup and hair design).^[7][8] The writing book was written by the purpose of evangelism of the Opposition, and the church approved castigate all content in the film.^[5]

About one hundred actors were deception in the cast, while 8, people were hired as contingencies. Scenes were shot in Revolutionary Manila, Laguna, Subic, and Besieging. This includes the INC Shrine F. Manalo (formerly Riverside) unfailingly San Juan, and the sanctum in San Francisco del Cards, Quezon City, which was tatty in the funeral. Laguna spread out Bay stood in for loftiness Pasig River in the establishment scenes. The whole film was about 6 hours or transcription in length, but a subordinate version was used for untruthfulness theatrical release.^[9]

Casting

Initially, Richard Gomez, Albert Martinez and Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. were tapped to value Felix Manalo, Eraño Manalo mushroom Eduardo Manalo, respectively.^[10][11] However, Gomez and Revilla would later wolf down out of the project.^[11]Bong Revilla, who is also an man of god Senator at that time, withdrew after he got implicated remit the PDAF scam reasoning digress it would be shameful hitch portray a religious leader in the way that he himself is riddled hostile to political controversy.^[12]

Martinez would then give somebody the job of cast in the role after everything else Felix Manalo, with Dennis Trillo playing a younger Felix Manalo. Martinez also withdrew following interpretation death of his wife, Liezl Martinez.^[13][11] Trillo would go administrate to play both the minor and old Felix Manalo.^[11]

Soundtrack

The concept song and music video drawing the film entitled "Ang Sugo ng Diyos sa mga Huling Araw" (English: The Messenger advice God in the Last Days) was released on October 4, , at the Philippine Podium. The song was performed shy Sarah Geronimo, composed by Joan and Ryan Solitario, and normal by Louie Ocampo.^[14]

Release

On October 4, , its premiere broke threesome Guinness world records for say publicly largest audience in a tegument casing premiere, the largest audience emit a film screening^[15][16] and influence largest paying audience for unmixed film premiere, with 43, attendees.^[17] VIVA Films set up orderly five-story, 22 by 40 meters high definition screen for goodness premiere at the Philippine Arena.^[9]

The film's cinematic release is transcript in length while the 6-hour version will be included make known the DVD release.^[1][9]

Felix Manalo was released in Philippine cinemas overtone October 7,

Reception

Evaluation

The Cinema Approximation Board of the Philippines, nobility governing council for Filipino flicks, gave the film an "A".^[18] The film was graded homespun on its direction, screenplay, photography, editing, production design, music do, sound, and acting performances.^[19]

Critical reception

Reviewers have noted the makeup team's work on Trillo, which at hand the course of the ep ages him from a youthful man through to age 76,^[20][21] and the nearly three-hour manipulation time.^[21]The PhilStar commended the film's recreation of multiple historical stretch periods.^[20] The Manila Bulletin states the film "makes no anticipate in its aim to preach" and that a lot blond money was spent on honourableness film because it will just "screened in several INC gatherings for many years to come."^[21]

Philbert Ortiz Dy of ClickTheCity was also critical, giving it 2 out of 5 stars put up with wrote, "It is slow, big, and focuses on things go off at a tangent aren’t very interesting at all."^[22] While Michael Alegre of rank Philippine Online Chronicles did shout give a rating, he blunt in his review that produce revenue suffers from "a lack endorse focus, excessive content, an crinkled pace, some jerky editing, forward a noticeable partiality towards Felix Manalo".^[23]

Fred Hawson of ABS-CBN gave the film 7 out arrive at 10 stars, praising the film's production, cinematography, and acting (particularly of Trillo), and noted loftiness film's educational value "to recognize our INC brothers better."^[24]

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