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Noli Me Tángere (film)

{{Short description|1961 drama film by Gerardo de León}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Noli Me Tángere

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| director = Gerardo de León

| producer = Antonio R. Riva

| screenplay = {{Plainlist|

  • Gerardo de León
  • Jose Flores Sibal}}

| based_on = {{Based on|Noli Me Tángere|José Rizal}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

| music = Tito Arevalo

| cinematography = {{Plainlist|

  • Emmanuel Rojas
  • Arsenio Bañu}}

| editing = {{Plainlist|

  • Victoriano Calub
  • Joven Calub}}

| studio = Arriva-Bayanihan Productions

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| released = {{Film date|1961|6|16|ref1=}}

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| country = Philippines

| language = Tagalog

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Noli Me Tángere is a 1961 Philippine period drama film co-written and directed by Gerardo de León. Based on the 1887 novel of the same name by José Rizal, it stars Eduardo del Mar, Edita Vital, Johnny Monteiro, Oscar Keesee, Teody Belarmino, and Leopoldo Salcedo. The film was released on June 16, 1961, timed with the centenary of Rizal's birth.

Noli Me Tángere won five FAMAS Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film is now considered a classic in Philippine cinema.{{cite news|last=Arevalo|first=Rica|title=Restored 'Noli' is a rare treat|url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/6417/restored-%E2%80%98noli%E2%80%99-is-a-rare-treat|access-date=April 8, 2021|newspaper=Inquirer News|publisher=INQUIRER.net|date=July 23, 2011}}{{cite book|last=Vera|first=Noel|title=Critic After Dark: A Review of Philippine Cinema|date=2005|publisher=BigO Books|isbn=981-05-3185-0|page=234|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4txkAAAAMAAJ|access-date=April 8, 2021|quote=... Noli Me Tangere (1961) and "El Filibusterismo" (The Filibuster, 1962) are definitive adaptations of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal's novels.}}

Cast

Production

Filipino painter Carlos V. Francisco served as the production designer for Noli Me Tángere.{{cite news|title=Cultural Aim Behind New Arriva-Bayanihan Film Organization|work=Kislap Movies|date=June 1961|pages=124–25}}

Filmmaker Eddie Romero, who had intended to write his own film adaptation of José Rizal's Noli Me Tángere prior to the production of Gerardo de León's film, stated that de León had only a limited amount of time to create the film, and as a result, Romero found the film unable to fully adapt the novel as he would wish. Romero would eventually receive the opportunity to direct his television adaptation of the novel in 1992.{{cite news|last=Estacio|first=Athle Wijangco|title=Noli with the Romero touch|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t4wmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4950%2C4852919|access-date=June 22, 2023|work=Sunday Standard Magazine|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=June 28, 1992|page=11}}

Restoration

In 1989, the only surviving film print of Noli Me Tángere was discovered to be in poor condition, upon which the German Embassy of the Philippines and Goethe-Institut requested the Federal Foreign Office of Germany to retrieve and rescue the film. In Koblenz, Germany, the film was successfully restored by Fruitzer Black Archive and the Federal Film Archive, and within the same year was sent back to the Philippines.{{cite news|title=Noli at SM Cinemas|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2011/07/06/702860/noli-sm-cinemas|access-date=April 8, 2021|work=Philstar.com|publisher=Philstar Global Corp.|date=July 6, 2011|location=Manila, Philippines}} The Philippine Information Agency later made a copy of the restored negative, with the duplicate print used for the June 19, 1990 premiere of the remastered version at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.{{cite news|last=Bocobo|first=Ariel|title=CCP complex neglected|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tpkVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10|access-date=January 12, 2024|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Kagitingan Publications, Inc.|date=June 22, 1990|page=10}} Manila Standard columnist Ariel Bocobo claimed that numerous audience members at the premiere were unable to fully appreciate the film due to "the swarm of giant mosquitoes which hungrily feasted on the moviegoers."

Re-release

As part of the 150th anniversary celebration of José Rizal's birth, Noli Me Tángere was given a re-release in select SM Cinemas throughout the Philippines in June 2011.

Accolades

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rowspan="11" align="left"| FAMAS Awards

| Best Picture

|align="center"| Noli Me Tángere{{cite book|last=Yeatter|first=Bryan|title=Cinema of the Philippines: A History and Filmography, 1897–2005|date=2007|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7864-3047-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V6saAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=April 8, 2021|page=88}}

| {{won}}

Best Director

|align="center"| Gerardo de León

| {{won}}

Best Supporting Actress

|align="center"| Lina Cariño

| {{won}}

Best Supporting Actor

|align="center"| Oscar Keesee

| {{won}}

Best Story

|align="center"| José Rizal

| {{won}}

References

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{{Noli Me Tángere and El filibusterismo}}

{{FAMAS Award for Best Picture}}

Category:1961 films

Category:1960s historical drama films

Category:Films about Catholic priests

Category:Films about social issues

Category:Films based on Philippine novels

Category:Films directed by Gerardo de León

Category:Films set in Laguna (province)

Category:Films set in the 19th century

Category:Philippine historical drama films

Category:Tagalog-language films

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