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‘Kalayaan o kaayusan?’ Mini-series ‘Ang Fraile’ with John Lloyd Cruz to premiere Friday

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<p>MANILA — “Ang Fraile,” a period comedy which also marks the acting comeback of John Lloyd Cruz, is set to premiere Friday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iFtzK4I478k?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>The Globe Studios mini-series will stream its first episode on July 30, 8 p.m., and its second episode on August 6, 8 p.m., via its YouTube channel.</p><p>The RA Rivera-helmed series is set “near the tail-end of the Spanish occupation of the Philippines, in a town ruled by a ruthless friar.”</p><p>“When the ugliest of all the Indios starts to ask questions, can the Philippine Revolution be far behind?” its synopsis asks.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Kabanata Eme:<br/>ANG KUMPISALANG PANGIT AT FRAILE.<br/><br/>Makiisa at makiusisa ngayong Biyernes, July 30, 8PM sa Globe Studios YouTube Channel. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AngFraile?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AngFraile</a> <a href="https://t.co/xpkPOkiCsU">pic.twitter.com/xpkPOkiCsU</a></p>— Globe Studios (@globestudiosph) <a href="https://twitter.com/globestudiosph/status/1420365677223759881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Aside from Cruz, it stars Jun Sabayton, Cherie Gil, Joel Torre, and Ronnie Lazaro.</p><p>A previously released trailer for “Ang Fraile” shows Cruz as a churchgoer, with Sabayton portraying a preaching friar.</p><p>The project also sees the screen reunion of Gil, Torre, and Lazaro, who co-starred in the iconic 1982 film “Oro, Plata, Mata” by Peque Gallaga.<br/> </p>

<p>“When the ugliest of all the Indios starts to ask questions, can the Philippine Revolution be far behind?”</p>

“When the ugliest of all the Indios starts to ask questions, can the Philippine Revolution be far behind?”