El Presidente (film)

El Presidente English The President Filipino Ang Pangulo is a 2012 biopic film based on the life of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of the Philippine Republic. The film stars Jeorge E.R. Ejercito Estregan in the title role, with Nora Aunor, Christopher de Leon, Cristine Reyes, and Cesar Montano who played Andrs Bonifacio.

The story is told in flashbacks as Emilio Aguinaldo E.R. Ejercito thanks the U.S. government for giving him the opportunity to attend the full restoration of Philippine independence on July 4, 1946.The film begins with his capture by Kapampangan and U.S. forces under Frederick Funstons command in 1901, then flashes back to 1886, when an old woman gives Aguinaldo and his childhood friend Candido Tirona Ronnie Lazaro cryptic prophecies. Ten years later, Aguinaldo is inducted into the Katipunan and later assumes leadership of its Cavite chapter while becoming mayor of Cavite El Viejo. When trouble breaks out in Manila in late August 1896, Aguinaldo tries to assure the Spanish provincial government of noninterference and covertly marshals his forces despite a lack of weapons. Learning that the Spanish mostly put their forces in Manila, Aguinaldo finally mobilizes his troops in Cavite and takes on Spanish troops at Cavite El Viejo, Imus, and Binakayan. ........

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