Amigo
“The heart remembers what even history forgets.”
Rafael is 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 to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla fighters. But Rafael's brother 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.
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Cast
34 people
Chris Cooper
Col. Hardacre
Known for
The Bourne Identity
11.22.63
Dane DeHaan
Gil
Known for
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Chronicle
Garret Dillahunt
Lt. Compton
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Fear the Walking Dead
No Country for Old Men
Ronnie Lazaro
Simon
Known for
Batang Quiapo
The Iron Heart
Rio Locsin
Corazon
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Mars Ravelo's Darna
The Legal Wife
DJ Qualls
Zeke
Known for
The Man in the High Castle
Z Nation
Bembol Roco
Policarpio
Known for
Manila in the Claws of Light
The Year of Living Dangerously
Joel Torre
Rafael
Known for
Dirty Linen
On the Job
Yul Vazquez
Padre Hidalgo
Known for
The Outsider
The Terminal List
Art Acuña
Locsin
Known for
Almost Paradise
Irma Adlawan
Josefa
Known for
2 Good 2 Be True
Batang Quiapo
John Arcilla
Nenong
Known for
Dirty Linen
Metro Manila
John Sayles Director · Mason Daring Composer Lee Briones-Meily Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $184K · Budget $1.2M · United States release August 19, 2011
Box office
Budget
$1,200,000
Worldwide gross
$183,597
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Anarchist's Convention Films
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Pictures
Production
United States · Mexico
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · English · Latin · Spanish · Tagalog
Release dates
Philippines · July 14, 2010
Premiere · Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
United States · August 19, 2011
Theatrical
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