Noli Me Tangere Summary:

Noli Me Tangere, by Dr. Jose Rizal, starts off at the house of the wealthy man Capitan Tiago. Here we find
Padre Damaso speaking ill-y of Filipinos. A few moments later, the story‟s protagonist makes his first
appearance. He is Crisostomo Ibarra, a rich young man who has just returned from Europe after 7 years
of studying there. He is the son of the late Don Rafael Ibarra, whose death is later revealed to be because
of him protecting a young Filipino boy from a Spanish tax collector. Padre Damaso, being an adversary of
Don Ibarra, starts to both indirectly and directly insult Crisostomo. Ibarra, instead of retorting, excuses
himself and says that he has business matters to attend to. In the following days, Ibarra talks to his
sweetheart Maria Clara--daughter of Capitan Tiago, and tries to visit his father‟s grave. And to Ibarra‟s
shock, the place where his father‟s body should be seems to have been recently dug up. He talks to a
gravedigger to find out that a fat fryer asked that the body be transferred to a Chinese cemetery. Who
could this friar be? Yes, you‟ve got it right, Padre Damaso. But only to add insult to the injury, Ibarra
finds out the corpse was thrown in to the lake because there was a storm on the supposed day of
transfer. On the other hand, a whole other story was taking place. The story of Sisa, Basilio and Crispin.
The two were accused of being thieves. Basilio was locked up in the church by the Sacristan-Mayor for
his “crimes”. Basilio escapes from the church and runs away. Sisa, not knowing this, goes to church to get
him only to find out that he is gone. She runs home to be arrested and Crispin nowhere to be found.
After being released from jail, she tries to find her children only to find a bloody garment of Basilio. Due
to the horrifying sight, she loses her mind. Going back to Senor Ibarra, he tried to put up a school
wherein he was almost killed when during the laying of the cornerstone. It was a planned attempt. At a
party, Padre Damaso insults Ibarra‟s father which causes the Crisostomo to leap to his feet and pose a
knife at the priest‟s neck. He did not go on with act because of Maria Clara‟s persuasion. Due to the
event, Ibarra was excommunicated. Because of this, he cannot be with Maria Clara and she is set up with
another man. Ibarra finds out about this and is deeply saddened. Elias, Ibarra‟s supporter/friend, breaks
Ibarra out of jail, gets him on a „banca‟, and they plan to go abroad first. Before this, Ibarra talks to
Maria Clara to find that she does not want to marry her new suitor and that her true father is not
Capitan Tiago but Padre Damaso. He leaves her with a hug. While rowing in the river, Ibarra and Elias
realize that a few Spaniards saw them from a far. Elias tells Ibarra to hide under the „zacate‟ and Elias
jumps off the banca, pretending to be Ibarra, and gets shot. On the other side of the river, Basilio

2. is grieving the death of his mother, Elias comes to him, shot and bloody, and tells him that he is going
to die and that the young Basilio should burn the bodies. He tells the boy that there is gold under the
land that they are standing on. Young Basilio does so. Ibarra is left alone to escape. And the story ends
Review/Reflection: Rizal wrote the novel to open the eyes of our countrymen, to let them truly see all
the oppression our country was going through and that it was time to fight back. And he did such act
fantastically. The novel was not heavy or dreading nor was it sugar coated. It was raw and real. It
showcased abuse of power, sorrow and greed. It showcased the truth. It showed us how the Spaniards
twisted and turned the truth into something that would benefit them. It showed the inner clockworks of
their selfishness and abuse. But despite the dark themes, it described love, not entirely romantic love,
but more importantly love of country and family. Despite all the hardships and pain Ibarra went through,
he kept on knocking down doors, he kept on trying to help. And in the sense of family love, we can all
point to the commonly parodied Sisa. She did everything in her power to find her children, and despite
the fact that she did not live to see the day where she finds her boys, she loved them until the last inch
of her heart. Senor Ibarra also had a deep love for his father. This is supported by the fact that he let
Padre Damaso‟s insults pass but when the priest tried to pick on his father, it took less than a beat for
Ibarra to rise to his father‟s defense. The story also presented forgiveness. Ibarra was a very forgiving
man. He forgave the man who tried to kill him at the placing of the cornerstone of the school he wanted
to build. And since the man who attempted to murder him died in the placing of the cornerstone, Ibarra
even offered to pay for the burial of the man. Sacrifice also was an important theme in the novel. If Elias
did not sacrifice himself, then Ibarra would not have lived and the uprisings in the sequel of Noli Me
Tangere would most likely not take place. For me there are 2 overall themes (themes that are carried on
in to El Filibusterismo) is that war does not necessarily have to end through means of violence, it could
always be ended peacefully, through words and maybe even forgiveness. And the second being that
there will always be evil people in this world, but there will always be good people as well. And that
when you think all the world is left to is violence and hatred, you are very much wrong because 1) Words
are far stronger than any gun and 2) Good will always prevail.

Directed by

Gerardo de Leon

Writing Credits

Gerardo de Leon ... (screenplay) (as Dr. Gerardo de Leon) &

Jose Flores Sibal ... (screenplay)

Jose Rizal ... (novel) (uncredited)

Cast (in credits order)

Eddie del Mar ... Crisostomo Ibarra (as Eduardo del Mar)

Edita Vital ... Maria Clara

Johnny Monteiro ... Padre Salvi

Oscar Keesee ... Padre Damaso

Teody Belarmino ... Tarcilo

Leopoldo Salcedo ... Elias

Ramon D'Salva ... Alferez

Max Alvarado ... Lucas

Nello Nayo ... Don Filipo

Engracio Ibarra ... Don Tiago

Lillian Laing ... Doña Victorina (as Lillian Laing de Leon)

Veronica Palileo ... Isabel

Joseph de Cordova ... Pablo

Manny Ojeda ... Tenyente Guevarra

Fred Gonzales ... Pilosopong Tasyo

Lito Anzures ... Sarhento

Andres Centenera ... Alkalde

Jose Garcia ... Kapitan Heneral

Pianing Vidal ... Dr. Espadaña

Dely Villanueva ... Doña Consolacion

Luis San Juan ... Pedro

Francisco Cruz ... Gobernadorcillo

Salvador Zaragoza ... Sakristan Mayor

Jerry Pons ... Linares

Benny Mack ... Albino

Eddie Ilagan ... Basilio

Mario Sibal ... Crispin

Robert Arevalo ... Leon

Nelda Miranda ... Andeng

Mila Quirante ... Neneng

Eva Cariño ... Iday

Menchu Montenegro ... Victoria

Ric Bustamante ... Derrick Maker

Lina Cariño ... Sisa

Tommy Nepomuceno

Andres Benitez

Carpi Asturias

Paquito Salcedo

Primo Yumol

Rey Panlilio

Florence Gumabon

Dik Trofeo

Domingo de Valle

Jose Mari Centenera

Rufino Ocampo

Felisa Salcedo

German Panlilio

Renato D'Salva

Itoy Victoria
 Guillermo Carls

The F.E.U. Dance Troupe ... (as The FEU Folk Dance Group)

Produced by

Eddie del Mar ... executive producer (as Eduardo del Mar)

Antonio R. Riva ... producer

Music by

Tito Arevalo

Cinematography by

Arsenio Bañu ... director of photography

Emmanuel I. Rojas ... director of photography (as Emmanuel Rojas)

Film Editing by

Joven Calub

Victoriano Calub

Production Design by

Carlos V. Francisco

Art Direction by

Vicente Bonus

Makeup Department

Remedios Amazan ... makeup artist (as Remy Amazan)

Production Management

Gerry S. Angeles ... general manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jose Flores Sibal ... assistant director

Sound Department

Willie Arce ... soundman

Manuel 'Fyke' Cinco ... soundman (as Manuel Cinco)

Demetrio de Santos ... sound engineer

Vicente Dona ... sound recordist

Tony Gosalvez ... sound effects

Arsenio Nicolas ... sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department

Justo Paulino ... camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

A. Manlapaz ... suit: Eduardo Del Mar

Felisa Salcedo ... wardrobe

Paquito Salcedo ... wardrobe

Editorial Department

Ben Barcelon ... assistant editor

Armando G. Lopez ... assistant editor

Cirilo Marcos ... laboratory

Nonoy Santillan ... assistant editor

Date of Watching: October 16, 2019

MOVIE REVIEW
JOSE RIZAL
(Noli Me Tangere)
 Submitted by:
Lezelle P. Escario
AB- Psychology 4-1

Submitted to:
Prof. Leah Faith Felias