Salamat sa Alaala

The story

The documentary serves as a tribute to National Artist for Cinema Gerardo de Leon in celebration of his Centennial Year. “Salamat sa Alaala.” is inspired by the music composed by the late film director when he was a teenager playing background music for silent movies in Manila theatres. The video opens up with a capsulated history of the birth of the Filipino movies followed by a series of shots of veteran actresses, the academe and the young generation of filmmakers affirming his unique qualities as a world-class film figure. Then we unravel his private life as a family man. The documentary is one way of thanking him for his lasting legacy in the art form he left behind.

Cast

A Anita LindaHerself N Nick DeocampoHimself G Gloria SevillaHerself L Lilia DizonHerself R Robert ArevaloHimself B Barbara PerezHerself R Raymond RedHimself C Clodualdo del Mundo Jr.Himself L Leonor IlaganHimself L Luis NepumocenoHimself J Joey RomeroHimself L Liberty IlaganHerself

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M Maria Fe Ilagan GibbsHerself R Ronaldo ValdezHimself J Janno GibbsHimself L Leopoldo SalcedoSelf (archive footage) F Fernando PoeSelf (archive footage) J Joseph EstradaHimself J Jock MahoneySelf (archive footage) F Fernando Poe Jr.Self (archive footage) C Cecilia LopezSelf (archive footage) G Gloria RomeroSelf N Nicanor TiongsonHimself T Tony CarreonHimself R Rose Marie GilHerself S Susan RocesHerself J Jet Del MundoHimself L Leni AlanoHerself E Eddie GarciaHimself C Christopher de LeonHimself N Nora AunorHerself A Amalia FuentesHerself L Laurice GuillenHerself B Bebong OsorioHimself B Bernard BellezaHimself E Elwood PerezHimself B Boots Anson-RoaHerself E Eddie RomeroHimself L Luz MercurioHimself B Bien LumberaHimself L Lamberto V. AvellanaHimself L Lav DiazHimself M Mike ParsonsHimself