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Cedrick Juan
Paul Cedrick Gutierrez Juan (born June 26, 1990) is a Filipino theater, movie and television actor. He is best known for portraying the role of Fr. Jose Burgos in historical film ''GomBurZa'', and was awarded as the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival Best Actor. Life and career Paul Cedrick Gutierrez Juan was born on June 26, 1990, in Santa Cruz, Manila. He grew up in Santa Maria, Bulacan. He is the second eldest among the eight siblings. Juan began his acting career in theater in 2008. His early acting stints include being part of the Dulaang UP at the University of the Philippines in Diliman from 2013 to 2016, and at the FEU-Art Theatre Clinique of the Far Eastern University. He was also cast in the musical ' (''From the Moon''), a musical adaptation of Edmond Rostand's ''Cyrano De Bergerac''. In 2023, he was cast as Fr. Jose Burgos in the historical drama film ''GomBurZa'', a dramatization of the events that led to the execution of the titular martyr priests who were implic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GomBurZa (film)
''GomBurZa'' is a 2023 Philippine historical drama film co-written and directed by Pepe Diokno. Starring Dante Rivero, Cedrick Juan, and Enchong Dee, it features and follows the lives of the Gomburza, three native Filipino Roman Catholic priests executed during the latter years of the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines. Produced by Jesuit Communications, MQuest Ventures, and CMB Film Services, and distributed by MQ Worldwide and Solar Pictures, it serves as an official entry to the 49th Metro Manila Film Festival and was released in cinemas nationwide on December 25, 2023. Plot During the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, secular priest Pedro Pelaez retells the story of Apolinario de la Cruz, a native who got executed by the Spaniards for founding a sect due to him being rejected for priesthood because of his race, to his student, Jose Burgos, and fellow secular priest Mariano Gomez. The trio fights the attempts by the friars from the religious orders led by F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |