A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

Name: A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Director: Lav Diaz
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, History
Released: 2016-03-26
Duration: 8 h 5 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz, Hazel Orencio, Alessandra de Rossi, Susan Africa

“A marriage of history, literature and mythology.”

2016

8h 5m

Drama Fantasy Adventure History

Director: Lav Diaz

Writer: Lav Diaz

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Overview

Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.