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Sep 13, 2011 · "Amigo" takes place in 1900. Aguinaldo is "on the run," hiding from place to place while delivering messages to the guerilla fighters battling the U. S. military for Philippine independence. One such message is read by one of the men in service to Simon (Ronnie Lazaro).
- The Secret of Roan Inish
Fiona (Jeni Courtney), who is 12 or 13 years old, is told...
- The Secret of Roan Inish
Jul 9, 2011 · Amigo is reportedly the first film ever made about the little-known Philippine-American War. Insightfully scripted, powerfully acted and sumptuously filmed, Amigo is the work of writer-editor-director John Sayles, acknowledged as one of the godfathers of independent cinema.
Aug 18, 2011 · “Amigo,” a new film by John Sayles, is set in the Philippines around 1900, when American forces arrived as liberators and quickly became an army of occupation.
Jul 6, 2011 · 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.
Aug 19, 2011 · 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.
Aug 29, 2011 · John Sayles’ newest film, Amigo, inspired in part by the director’s work on a novel, “A Moment in the Sun,” focuses on a vital American incursion overseas that has been all but paved over in our history books — the Philippine-American War, occurring at the cusp of a new century, barely fifty years after the Civil War.
Nov 4, 2011 · Into this void steps John Sayles’ Amigo, a beautiful film about the experience of one town during the Philippine-American War. The film opens in 1900 in San Isidro, on the island of Luzon. The Philippines have been annexed by the United States, and the Philippine Revolutionary Army has taken up arms again to fight its new colonial ...
