"Maid of the Malacan Palace": Behind the 3.3 billion peso box office is the Philippine history that is being rewritten

"Maid of Malacan Palace" poster

As of late August, the movie "Maid of the Malacannan Palace", which was released only three weeks, has harvested 330 million pesos (about 40 million yuan) box office in the Philippines, becoming one of the most selling films in the country in recent years. But this movie produced by Senator Amy Marcos, the elder sister of President Xiaobang Marcos, has also caused unprecedented controversy in the Philippines society.

From exile to the United States to the return of the king

The film "Maid of the Malacan Palace", through the perspective of the maid of the Presidential Palace (Malacannan), described the story that happened within 72 hours of the Presidential Palace in the Presidential Palace in the early 1986 of the President Macos in early 1986 Essence Some commented that this film has attracted international concerns and will be released in the United States, Japan, Italy, the Middle East and other places, which is likely to break the box office record of 915 million peso set by the 2018 romantic love film "Our Life".

Stills of "Maid of Mara Candan Palace"

In the Philippines contemporary politics, this history was described like this: In 1983, the dictatorship of President Marcos was forced to public opinion and invited his political rivals Benegano Akino to return to the Philippines from the United States in August that year, but Arrange the assassin to assassinate the latter at the airport. This triggered a large -scale street movement "People's Revolution." In February 1986, the old Macos, who was betrayed, led the whole family to take exile in Hawaii arranged by the US -arranged helicopter. After that, Aquino's widow Corlarus Aquino became the President of the Philippines.

Time moves. In the Philippine election in May this year, President Macos was elected president with more than 31 million votes, and the new generation of Philippine people's cognition of history also changed. In this movie that claims to "reproduce the real history", the wife of the old Marcos Emeda Markus cried and said to the little Marcos: "After World War II, our family did everything for this country, but now she is eager to be eager for The person with power is destroyed. "" Remember, we will not return here after we leave, because they will provoke the Filipino people's resentment to us. "Xiaomakus comforted his mother and said," I promise, we will return here to come back here . "The Marcos family did it. Just on June 30 this year, Xiaomakus brought his mother Emelida, sister Amy, wife Lisa, and three sons to staged the "Return of the Kings" and returned to Malacannan Palace.

For the Marcos family, there is nothing to change the public's perception of the public than the Filipinos. Amy Marcos said at the premiere of "Maracan's Maid": "This is a real work. We waited for 36 years to tell this story." The poll shows that it exceeds seven seven The Philippine people support the old Marcos. Nearly half of the people believe that the Macos family is forced to exile.

"Maid of Malacan Palace" poster

Reappearing history? Tampered with history?

History is written by the winner. According to the previous textbooks, President Macos was ruthless and ruthless; his wife Imelda was not only corrupted, but also luxurious life. However, in the "Maid of the Malanan Palace", Marcos has become a weak and loving president, and his family is an ordinary person who loves life, simple and happy. After watching movies, you will believe that the reason why the Marcos family is exiled was being framed by bad guys.

Although claiming to reproduce history, the film is in the "tall" and "truth, goodness and beauty" of rendering the Marcos family. For example, Imelda in the movie is beautiful, regardless of clothing or manner, and Mrs. Aquino, who appeared as a "villain", not only wears rustic, but also has a good personality and annoying her life. There is such a scene in the movie: Mrs. Aquino shouted to the Americans on the phone: "Killing them (referring to the Marcos family) out of the Philippines!" Historical records, Mrs. Aquino did indeed be with the US ambassador to the Philippines Stephen Bosworth Through words, I hope the United States can take the Marcos family.

What's more controversial is the clip of Mrs. Aquino and several nuns playing mahjong. As a member of the Chinese Xu Huange family in the Philippines, Mrs. Aquino did play mahjong. However, her eldest daughter Barcus Aquino Cruz clarified that her mother had never played mahjong during the people's power revolution, and it was impossible to play mahjong with nuns. According to Cruz, Mrs. Aquino has never touched Mahjong since her mother died in 1985.

In the movie, Mrs. Aquino and several nuns play mahjong lens

In the Philippines, the Catholic Church banned gambling. According to reports, Mrs. Aquino was refuated in the Karlmeittian monastery in Calmelit in Suwa City, and the monastery had been promoting the matter after the monastery. After the "Maid of the Malacan Palace" was released, the chief adult nun of the Carl Meittian Monastery Mary Costillas issued a statement saying that the above plot distorting history should be condemned. "This film depreciates our contribution to the democratic movement."

However, the director Daril Ye Ye said that the nun who played Mahjong with Mrs. Akino in the movie was not from the Calmelittian Monastery. He claimed that the box office performance of the movie had proven that the Philippines did not resist it. What the film did not say is that the Philippine Catholic Church and the Laomakus family are the revenge, and it is the behind -the -scenes push of the "people's power revolution". Even in the election in May this year, the Philippine Catholic Church did not openly endorsed the Piomakus.

Of course, it is undeniable that some media also commented that many details in this movie are indeed fictional and do not conform to historical facts. For example, the movie depicts the Macos family's last moment before the exile and is calm and fearless, but according to news reports of the year, the Marcos family left a wolf borrowing in the Malakannan Palace -half of the meals on the table; a lot of many; Files and jewelery have not had time to take away; many staff do not know that the Marcos family has boarded the plane. President Xiaomakus's sister and Senator Amy Marcos attended the premiere

It's not just political opponents, maybe still love rivals

Behind these disputes is the history of the Philippines that is about to be rewritten.

In this election, the Paris Camp was continuously criticized by mainstream media in the Philippines. Even after being elected president, some media still gave him the "title" of "the son of the former dictatorship" when he was reported. But on the other hand, the Marcos family has moved to new media since the 2016 election. By recording and spreading short videos, it has successfully affected tens of millions of young Filipino voters. In the eyes of these voters, Xiaomakus is friendly, low -key and pragmatic, understands the suffering of the poor, and is willing to speak for the people, while President Macos created the "golden age" of the Philippines in the 1960s and 1970s. For the lower -level people in the Philippines, supporting little Macos is the only opportunity to keep their lives away from hardship. It can be said that shooting "Maracan's Maid" is an important step for the Macos family to re -establish the image.

President President Xiaomakus mentioned his historical contribution many times in his inauguration speech on June 30. On August 21st, President President Macos and Vice President Sarah Duterte issued any statement on the 39th anniversary of the death of Benegino Akino. Over the past few decades, the Philippines has issued a statement at this time at this time. The opposition pointed out that they were worried that the new government would modify the chapters of President Macos in the textbooks of public schools, and vowed that they would launch a street movement at that time to oppose the "tampering of history".

It is also interesting that in a documentary "The Creator", which was very hot a few years ago, Imelida Marcos personally acknowledged that Bennigno Aquino also pursued her when she was young. In this way, Aquino and President Macos are still rivals.

"Maid of the Malacan Palace" has harvested 330 million Bettho box office in the Philippines

Author: Wen reported to Manila reporter Zhang Song

Edit: Lu Shuwen

Editor in charge: Song Yan

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