In everyone else’s rude awakening, Antonio Luna’s destiny emerges in all its depth and complexity.Īs commander of the revolutionary army, Luna instinctively mistrusts the Yankees from the start, contrary to the trusting, insular-minded Aguinaldo. As American battleships enter Manila Bay, challenging the Aguinaldo Cabinet’s divided opinion of its real intentions. “Heneral Luna” is not only a masterpiece but a gift to the nation in another crucial moment of its history.īowing to historical scholarship, it takes off on its core insight: how the Philippine revolution defeated itself at the very moment of its impending victory against Spain.
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