Kristo (1996)
March 27, 1996Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Mat Ranillo III
Jesus Christ
Rez Cortez
Judas Iscariot
Fernando Poe Jr.
Flavio
Ruel Vernal
Simon Peter
Jorge Estregan
Matthew
Edmund Cupcupin
Fredo
Daniel Fernando
Simon the Zealot
Edgar Mande
James the Great
Conrad Poe
Andrew
Patrick Dela Rosa
Thomas
Ben Yalung
Director
Dindo Arroyo
James the Less
Emmanuel H. Borlaza
Writer
Ruben Arthur Nicdao
Writer
Rudy Fernandez
Simon of Cyrene
Horace Yalung
Producer
Christopher de Leon
Dimas
Lorna Tolentino
Veronica
Renato G. Yalung
Producer
Gabby Concepcion
John The Baptist
Romy G. Yalung
Producer
Aga Muhlach
Possessed Young Man
Tonton Gutierrez
Lazarus
Gardo Versoza
Hestas
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Kristo is a 1996 Filipino biblical drama film depicting the life of Jesus Christ. Produced by Cine Suerte Productions and Oasis of Love Movement (by Fr. Sonny Ramirez, OP, host of the telemagazine Sharing in the City), Kristo stars Mat Ranillo III in the title role, together with Rez Cortez (Judas Iscariot),Ruel Vernal (Peter), Michael Locsin (John), freelance model and then college student Charmaine Rivera (in her first and only film appearance as the Virgin Mary), Amy Austria (Mary Magdalene).
The film also includes an all-star cast in their cameo appearances playing various characters. Among them are Gabby Concepción (John the Baptist), husband-and-wife pair Rudy Fernandez and Lorna Tolentino (as Simon of Cyrene and Veronica respectively), Aga Muhlach (the demon-possessed man), Rachel Lobangco (the Temptress, in which Satan is in a female form in the temptation of the desert scene), Sylvia Sanchez (the adulteress), Ang TV star and singer Lindsay Custodio (Salome), and Christopher de Leon (as Dimas as credited in the film).