“Right off the bat, Ka Oryang grabs the viewer’s attention with its lean, jugular black-and-white depiction of the Diliman Commune a the University of the Philippines… It is an important film for it serves as a reminder to a dark, grim period in the history of the Philippines.”

Nel Costales, Sine Patrol

“The dramatic moments work… a feat attributable chiefly to the cast led by the consistently remarkable Alessandra de Rossi in the title role.  Ka Oryang is her character’s underground alias borrowed from a real historical figure, the brave Gregoria de Jesus.  At its most basic, Ka Oryang is a dramatization of the shocking plight of political prisoners especially women who are cruelly injured, hog-tied, humiliated, nearly strangled and raped. More broadly, it reawakens us to political evil that, having happened before, may happen again.”

Mario Hernando,, Philippine Star