Overview
Genre
Drama, WarRelease Date
August 19, 2011 (Limited)MPAA Rating
RDuration
128 min.Studio
Variance FilmsOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
John SaylesProducer
Maggie RenziScreenwriter
John SaylesStarring
- Joel Torre
- Chris Cooper as Col. Hardacre
- Garret Dillahunt as Lt. Compton
- Dane DeHaan as Gil
- Rio Locsin
- Ronnie Lazaro
- Yul Vazquez
- DJ Qualls as Zeke
- Bembol Roco
Story
"Amigo," the 17th feature film from Academy Award-nominated writer-director John Sayles, stars legendary Filipino actor Joel Torre as Rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War.
When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer (Chris Cooper) to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla fighters. But Rafael's brother (Ronnie Lazaro) is the head of the local guerillas, and considers anyone who cooperates with the Americans to be a traitor. Rafael quickly finds himself forced to make the impossible, potentially deadly decisions faced by ordinary civilians in an occupied country.
A powerful drama of friendship, betrayal, romance and heartbreaking violence, "Amigo" is a page torn from the untold history of the Philippines, and a mirror of today's unresolvable conflicts.
