One of the Circle Competition entries of the QCinema International Film Festival, “Dapol Tan Payawar na Tayug 1931″ (The Ashes and Ghosts of Tayug 1931) released its full trailer. A black and white essay drama starring Fe Ging Ging Hyde, Cedrick Juan, Perry Dizon and Soliman Cruz.
Check out the trailer below:
The film tells the story of a filmmaker who revisits the town of Tayug, Pangasinan in preparation for a new feature film she is making about the folk hero Pedro Calosa and the Tayug Uprising of 1931. As she revisits the actual sites in Tayug where the infamous uprising had taken place, she imagines scenes in her new film about the subject. As she goes deeper in her research at Tayug, she uncovers the memories of the townspeople about Pedro Calosa and the Tayug Uprising of 1931.
“Dapol Tan Payawar na Tayug 1931” screens at Gateway Cineplex, TriNoma Cinema, Robinsons Movieworld Galleria, U.P. Town Center and Cinematheque Centre Manila from October 19 – 28.