Amigo, the 17th feature film from academy awardnominated writerdirector john sayles, stars legendary filipino actor joel torre as rafael, a village mayor caught in the. Sep 01, 2011 john sayles amigo is a war movie that doesnt take sides except against war itself set in a tiny village during the philippineamerican war near the start of the 20th century, it. Amigo, the 17th feature film from academy awardnominated writerdirector john sayles, stars legendary filipino actor joel torre as rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire. Amigo full amigo, the 17th feature film from academy awardnominated writerdirector john sayles, stars legendary filipino actor joel torre as rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the. The amigo of the title, rafael joel torre, in the films best performance, has his counterpart in his revolutionary brother, simon, and lt. In this regard, rafael played with sly, hangdog brilliance by the wellknown filipino actor joel torre is an exemplary john sayles. Seagal is only a marked for death sequel away, should mr. Sep, 2011 the amigo of the title, rafael joel torre, in the films best performance, has his counterpart in his revolutionary brother, simon, and lt. Demolition movie cast jake gyllenhaal, naomi watts. The film entitled amigo is a drama series which takes place during the famous pilippine american war and portrays some of the events that transpired during the period. Joel torre was born on june 19, 1961 in bacolod city, negros occidental, philippines as jose. It stars an ensemble cast of respected american and filipino thespians headed by oscarwinner chris cooper and joel torre. Jul 08, 2011 amigo, the 17th feature film from academy awardnominated writerdirector john sayles, stars legendary filipino actor joel torre as rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the. Village headman rafael joel torre has incarcerated the remaining spaniards including padre hildago yul vazquez and declares himself a.
In an sms, torre, who is in the united states for the films. But rafaels brother is the head of the local guerillas, and considers anyone who cooperates with the americans to be a traitor. John sayles masterly directs this movie about a barrio in the philippines. Amigo, from writerdirector john sayles, stars legendary filipino actor joel torre as rafael, a village. Focus in the philippines with members from all corners of the globe, cock fighting is an international and age old sport. On the wings of love is a 2015 philippine romantic comedy drama television series directed by antoinette jadaone and jojo saguin and starring james reid and nadine lustre in their first. All 17 titles average out to just under 3 words per movie moniker actually, 2. Sayles philippineamerican war movie amigo is noble but. Sayles splits time between rafael, who understands his brothers stance but feels he must play. Amigo 2011 cast and crew a filipino leader joel torre must decide whether to keep the peace with the american troops occupying his village or join the insurgency with his brother and son. Amigo was shot entirely last year in different parts of bohol.
The characters in the film include joel torre featuring as rafael, chris cooper featuring as colonel hardacre, garret dillahunt featuring as lieutenat compton, dj qualls featuring as zeke, yul vazquez. Joel torre, the lead actor who plays the chief in the small barrio village, was the first to sign up for the movie. Amigo, the 17th feature film from academy awardnominated writerdirector john sayles, stars legendary filipino actor joel torre as rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the philippineamerican war. Sabong is a cockfighting and gamefowl, gamecock portal. A fictional account of events during the philippineamerican war. Joel torre celebrity profile check out the latest joel torre photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Actors jake gyllenhaal, naomi watts, chris cooper, and judah lewis and screenwriter bryan sipe join us to discuss their new film, demolition. Laugh if you must, but imdb will tell you sayles once wrote a film for dolph lundgren. Celebrated writer and director john sayles uses americas occupation of the philippines at the dawn of the 20th century as an analogy for several more recent political and military blunders in this period drama. Won, best supporting actor, joel torre for affliction 2008, cinema one originals digital film festival 2008. The guerillas, led by his own brother simon ronnie lazaro, have just pulled out and retreated to a jungle hideout. Aug 19, 2011 joel torre, the lead actor who plays the chief in the small barrio village, was the first to sign up for the movie. Great acting by joel torre who plays the head man of the barrio caught between the insurgents and the americans.
His brother simon, head of the local guerrilla band, has forced. Amigo in us theaters august 19, 2011 starring garret dillahunt, d. The interview was conducted at search to involve pilipino americans in. Ilang beses rin naging tema ng pelikulang pilipino ang filipinoamerican war. Amigo, the 17th feature film from academy awardnominated writerdirector john sayles, stars legendary filipino actor joel torre as. A filipino villager struggles to maintain peaceful relations with american occupiers. Amigo, acclaimed veteran director john sayles drama set against the philippineamerican war, opens in limited release this friday, august 19 from variance films.
Joel torre, chris cooper, garret dillahunt director. Joel rizalino torre born june 19, 1961 is a filipino actor who is best known for his numerous films such as jose rizal and on the job, with the latter winning him the best actor award at the 17th puchon international fantastic film festival. John sayles masterly directs this movie about a barrio in the philippines occupied by american troops in early 1900, trying to root out the insurgency while conducting a hearts and mind campaign to win the locals. While some of amigos characters are more venal, aggressive, ignorant, or culpable than others, sayles refuses to broadly pick sides between the filipino villagedwellers represented by respected, well. Amigo centers on rafael dacanay, kapitan of the fictional barrio of san isidro in a ricegrowing area of luzon. Amigo is a 2010 americanfilipino drama film written and directed by john sayles. Overview of amigo, 2010, directed by john sayles, with joel torre, garret dillahunt, chris cooper, at turner classic movies. Pacific rim video correspondent interview joel torre about the upcoming epic john sayles film amigo coming out this august. Joe torre biography ninetime allstar joe torre, the 1971 national league most valuable player and two time american league manager of the year, was born joe paul torre, jr. Amigo movie a film by john sayles joel torre interview by chris.
Celebrated writer and director john sayles uses americas occupation of the philippines at the dawn of the 20th century as an analogy for several more recent political and military blunders in. Amigo, the 17th feature film from academy awardnominated writerdirector john sayles, stars legendary filipino actor joel torre as rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous. He burrows into individual characters, rather than battles. Released august 19th, 2011, amigo stars joel torre, garret dillahunt, chris cooper, dj qualls the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 8 min, and received a score of 63 out of 100 on metacritic. Village headman rafael joel torre has incarcerated the remaining spaniards including padre hildago yul vazquez and declares himself a friend, an amigo, to the invaders. The title comes from village mayor rafael joel torre who, when asked his name by the newly arrived platoon led by lt. Amigo, the 17th feature film from academy awardnominated writerdirector john sayles, stars legendary filipino actor joel torre as rafael, a village mayor caug.
John sayles masterly directs this movie about a barrio in the philippines occupied by american troops in early 1900, trying to root out the insurgency while conducting a hearts and mind campaign to win the. Although john sayless new film, amigo, is set in what seems to be a remote time and place a hamlet called san isidro, in the philippines, around 1900 it bridges the gap in a hurry. Comptons eventual softening toward rafael and the people of san isidro is offset by hardacres coldness. The amigo of the title, rafael joel torre, in the films best. With joel torre, chris cooper, garret dillahunt, arthur acuna. John sayles amigo is a war movie that doesnt take sides except against war itself set in a tiny village during the philippineamerican war near the start of the 20th century, it. Its 1900, and rafael joel torre is the leader of a village in the philippine countryside. I know joel and simply asked him to gather other filipino actors for the movie. Rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the philippineamerican war. This is only to be used for educational viewing, thank. The film takes place in the philippines in 1900 during the philippineamerican war.
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