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Film review: Pedro Calungsod, Batang Martir Defining sainthood

By Philip Cu-Unjieng | December 20, 2013 - 12:00am

An entry to this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), HPI Synergy and Wings Entertainment’s Pedro Calungsod, Batang Martir, written and directed by Francis Villacorta, is a valiant effort to dramatize...

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