Autohystoria

In 1897, Andrés Bonifacio, along with his younger brother Procopio, were executed in the mountains for treason and sedition. Bonifacio, founder of the Katipunan and one of the leaders in the Philippine Revolution of 1896, was accused of being a traitor to the revolution by a rival faction that included Andrés Aguinaldo, the first president of the Philippine Republic. There are a number of dramatic variations of the account of their execution. In 2006, a younger brother moves out of his parent’s house in the suburbs to a busier part of Manila. His older brother moved out of the country a few years ago.
The two have not seen each other in a while.

“Autohystoria mainly comes from the terms ‘autobiography’ and ‘history.’ It also refers to the words ‘automatic’ and ‘hysteria.’ It’s an idea of how dreams are made: historical essence plus personal urgency equals subconscious image or message. I did Autohystoria to remind me that I can never go back to certain things. All history is masturbation. It’s just a matter of who you fantasize about.”

regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, produttore/director, story, screenplay, producer Raya Martin
fotografia/director of photography Albert Banzon, Raya Martin
montaggio/film editor Louie Quirino
suono/sound Tengal, Arvie Bartolome
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters JK Anicoche (il fratello minore/younger brother), Lowell Conales (il fratello maggiore/older brother)
coproduttore/coproducer Arleen Cuevas