EL GENIO DELA RAZA (The Genius Of The Race) Trailer 2023
Channel: Dave Cecilio
Date: 2023-02-20

Retired elementary school principal Lola Alma persistently applies the new normal module study program to her 6 year-old online-gaming enthusiast grandson Josh.  While the whole family is adjusting to the challenging present pandemic situation, she diligently emphasizes the significant   childhood life of the country’s most beloved national hero PEPE also known as Jose Rizal.  She  narrates to Josh the Mercado- Rizal Family’s lifestyles and traditions focusing on Pepe’s  formative years. Wit and humor, weaknesses and some unpopular facts in Pepe’s  developmental stages will lead to some more complicated events in the hero’s provincial life. Pepe’s parents , Teodora Alonzo Mercado and Francisco Mercado  serve as his strength during his erudition under the Spanish regime , while the only eldest brother,  Paciano silently supports him in his journey to heroism.  Pepe’s sisters play some important roles  as he begins to challenge himself while being bullied by playmates in school.

The film emphasizes more on the inspirations of Pepe that put the story in a heart-warming realization and parallelism. “EL GENIO DE LA RAZA” (The Genius Of The Race) is an educational film simplified with consideration on values formation and less political aspect. The film ends its storytelling in Rizal’s monument in Luneta and his house in Calamba, Laguna by just giving importance on the significance of the markers that will awaken the patriotism in Josh’ real world blinded by the fantasy of virtual battleground