Piolo Pascual, Enchong Dee, Dante Rivero, Cedrick Juan lead cast of historical film ‘GomBurZa’

By annE Pasajol Inquirer.net

AFTER extensive research and a series of auditions, Jesuit Communications (JesCom) has unveiled the cast of the historical film “GomBurZa,” which includes Piolo Pascual, Enchong Dee, Dante Rivero and Cedrick Juan. “GomBurZa,” which will be helmed by awardwinning filmmaker Pepe Diokno, is based on the story of Catholic priests Padre Mariano Gomez,

Padre José Burgos and Padre Jacinto Zamora, who were executed in 1872 on charges of subversion. JesCom, the Ateneo de Manila University-based producer of the upcoming film, announced in a press release on Thursday, Feb. 16, that the movie will feature Dee as Zamora, Rivero as Gomez, Juan as Burgos, and Pascual as Padre Pédro Pelaéz, the Filipino clergy leader who was a mentor of Padre José Burgos.

Dee spoke about his role and admitted that he