The Viva Films entry to the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival is a period drama starring Jericho Rosales and Anne Curtis.

Baler is a love story set in the 1898 wartime era between the Spanish military and the Filipino forces, more popularly known as the “Seige of Baler.” Jericho Rosales is Celso Resurrecion, a Katipunero and his leading lady which is Anne curtis is Feliza Reyes, a Spanish-Filipina who fell in love with him. According to reports, Baler has a production budget of 70 to 100 million pesos.

Also starring in Baler are Joel Torre, Bernard Palanca, Michael de Mesa, Jao Mapa, Carlo Aquino, Mark Bautista, Ryan Eigenmann, Alvin Anson, Cinemalaya Best Actor Baron Geisler and Philip Salvador.

Produced by Vic del Rosario for Viva Films, Baler will open in theaters nationwide by December 25, 2008.