The best Leopoldo Salcedo’s drama movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Leopoldo Salcedo’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Leopoldo Salcedo.
Savage Sisters
4.8/10
A corrupt General plans on smuggling one million US dollars out of the Banana Republic he dominates. Local revolutionaries plan on stealing the cash but are thwarted when a bandit leader they are working with double crosses them. A tough cop and her boyfriend help two of the female revolutionaries escape from prison hoping that they will lead them to the cash, which they plan on keeping for themselves.
Burlesk Queen
7.1/10
To support her paralytic father, Chato works as a utility girl for a burlesque star Virgie Nite. But when Virgie gets drunk on the night of her scheduled show, Chato pitches in for her. And she becomes an instant sensation. Enthused by the initial acceptance of the audience, she defies her father's admonitions and presents herself to the manager. And thus, becoming the new burlesque queen.
Sakay
5.8/10
Sakay is a 1993 Filipino historical drama film directed by Raymond Red. The film stars Julio Diaz, Tetchie Agbayani, and Leopoldo Salcedo. The film covers the life of Filipino patriot and hero Macario Sakay, who was declared an outlaw and a criminal for continuing hostilities against the United States after the "official" end of the Philippine Insurrection.
As We Were
7.5/10
Set at the turn of the 20th century during the Filipino revolution against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers, it follows a naive peasant through his leap of faith to become a member of an imagined community.
Bilibid Boys
7/10
The movie portrays wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary.
Cry of Battle
5.7/10
During World War II, the spoiled son of a wealthy businessman finds himself involved in the guerrilla movement fighting against the Japanese, and finds romance and adventure.
Sandra
A former aging movie star, Sandra Belmonte, reconnects with her abusive on-screen ex-lover.
Capas
From the death march to a concentration camp.
The Dawn of Freedom
This film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda film to show the Philippine people the "benefits" of the Japanese invasion and takeover of their country.
Pieta: Book 2
Rigor dies but in Marta's fear that Noel might turn out like his amoral father, she raises her son with an iron hand.
Once a Moth
8/10
Cora de la Cruz, a Filipino nurse, dreams of moving to America. When her brother is killed, her ideas change.
Lost Battalion
4.4/10
In the Philippines during World War II, a girl is rescued from bandits by a guerrilla fighter.
Hantik
Teresa befriends the Japanese commander, Colonel Nasimoto in order to ask the release of her lover's father. Her actions are misinterpreted by her lover and for a time, she is branded as collaborator.
