Production Companies

CIPI Cinematografica S.A., 13 TV, TVE

Overview

"There are men who want medals and men who want to come back."

The Philippines, 1898. Fifty Spanish soldiers arrive in the small village of Baler to rebuild an outpost. Although the war against the Filipinos and their American allies is almost lost, as is the Spanish Empire, the garrison will endure a cruel siege for eleven months. They will be the last to surrender.