Movie Storyline 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.
Cast: Chris Cooper
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Col. Hardacre
DJ Qualls
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Zeke
Garret Dillahunt
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Lt. Compton
Lucas Neff
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Shanker
Dane DeHaan
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Gil
Yul Vazquez
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Padre Hidalgo
Bill Tangradi
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Dutch
James Parks
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Sgt. Runnels
Stephen Taylor
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Private Bates
Joel Torre
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Rafael
Bembol Roco
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Policarpio
Irma Adlawan
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Josefa
Rio Locsin
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Corazon
Pen Medina
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Albay
Ronnie Lazaro
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SImon
Trivia:
Before Amigo, the last movie about American forces in the Philippines was John Dahl-directed
The Great Raid which tackled World War II in the Philippines. Also in that movie was Bembol Roco who also appears in Amigo. Also in
The Great Raid was Cesar Montano who, just like Joel Torre, also plays Jose Rizal in
José Rizal.
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