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MMFF entry 'Gomburza' a milestone for Enchong Dee

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2850132" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>MANILA -- Kapamilya actor Enchong Dee considers his role in the historical film &#x27;Gomburza&quot; a milestone. </p><p>Appearing on ANC&#x27;s &quot;Headstart&quot; on Friday, Dee who was with the film&#x27;s director Pepe Diokno, expressed his happiness to bag his dream role.</p><p>An official entry to this year&#x27;s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), <br/>&quot;Gomburza&quot; is a film about the three Filipino priests who were executed for orchestrating a mutiny against Spain in 1872.</p><p>The three martyr-priests Padre Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora will be played by Dante Rivero, Cedrick Juan, and Dee, respectively. </p><p>&quot;This is something I&#x27;ve always wanted to do every time people would ask me before. If they ask me what&#x27;s your dream role, I would always say either historical or biopic. Then I got both in this film. So I am very happy, I am very blessed with this film,&quot; says Dee. </p><p>Dee admitted that he prayed to get cast in the movie.</p><p>&quot;When I first found out about it I was like I would consistently pray for it just to make sure that I will get the role of Padre Jacinto Zamora. Then when we finally started the production and I was like, &#x27;okay this is mine, I will make sure that whatever experience I have for the past 17 years that I&#x27;ve been working I will make sure that I will apply it to this project,&quot; Dee shared. </p><p>Dee said it&#x27;s an honor for him to be a medium in revisiting history through the movie &quot;Gomburza.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I remember when I was in high school, we got to watch &#x27;Jose Rizal.&#x27; That film made me understand and dig deep on the struggles and challenges in our history. And film showing is always a good tool for us to get educated. So now that I am in the position wherein I can shine a light on our certain personalities in our history, specifically Padre Jacinto Zamora and of course the Gomburza, it&#x27;s an honor. And at the same time, I am very glad because this will educate and at the same time entertain our students,&quot; Dee said</p><p>The historical film produced by Jesuit Communications and MQuest Ventures and helmed by award-winning filmmaker Diokno will open in cinemas on December 25.</p><p>For his part, Diokno said &quot;Gomburza&quot; is the first historical film he has done. </p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s also I think the biggest film, in scale that I&#x27;ve done. But I think at the end of the day, it&#x27;s just really a story that we all felt needed to be told. And I am really grateful that JesCom has produced this movie and we got the opportunity to produce it with MQuest, of course. It&#x27;s very timely also because a lot of the themes in the film are themes that are still I think present until today. Theme of injustice, theme of wanting freedom and having a society that&#x27;s sort of divided, those are the themes that are in the film,&quot; Diokno said.</p><p>Other cast members include Epi Quizon, Jaime Fabregas, Carlitos Siguion-Reyna, Khalil Ramos, Elijah Canlas, Neil Ryan Sese, Paolo O’Hara, Tommy Alejandrino, Gerry Kaimo, Dylan Ray Talon, Jomari Angeles, Bon Lentejas, and Arnold Reyes. </p><p>Early this week, MMFF announced that &quot;Gomburza&quot; made the cut for its 2023 edition.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/17/23/mmff-expands-lineup-to-10-announces-6-new-entries">MMFF expands lineup to 10, announces 6 new entries</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/10/23/star-cinemas-dingdong-marian-film-leads-first-4-entries-of-mmff-2023">Star Cinema&#x27;s Dingdong, Marian film leads first 4 entries of MMFF 2023</a></li></ul><div><strong>Related videos:</strong> </div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2846911" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XXqpVOhGP0g?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Appearing on ANC's 'Headstart' on Friday, Enchong Dee expressed his happiness to bag the role of Fr. Jacinto Zamora in 'Gomburza.'