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Release Year: 2010
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Languages: English
Director: John Sayles
Sound: Dolby Digital
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Writing by: John Sayles – written by
Produced by: Arleen Cuevas – line producer
Mario Ontal – co-producer
Maggie Renzi – producer
Margie Templo – line producer
Joel Torre – co-producer
Cast: Chris Cooper – Col. Hardacre
DJ Qualls – Zeke
Garret Dillahunt – Lt. Compton
Lucas Neff – Shanker
Dane DeHaan – Gil
Yul Vazquez – Padre Hidalgo
James Parks – Sgt. Runnels
Bill Tangradi – Dutch
Joel Torre – Rafael
Stephen Taylor – Private Bates
Bembol Roco – Policarpio
Music: Sep Caton Lee Devaney Larissa Rate
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A fictional account of events during the Philippine-American War.
Plot: 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.