Arriving on the net is the first trailer for John Sayles (LONE STAR) new feature, AMIGO.
The film stars Chris Cooper (ADAPTATION) and Garret Dillahunt (WINTER’S BONE) as the representation of the American army occupying the Philippines in 1900. Don’t hold the fact that the trailer is terrible against the film as the idea, acting & directing talent, behind the film are all fantastic, especially with Dillahunt having, what looks like, the most feature film screen time he has so far.
Here’s the official synopsis;
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.
AMIGO is out 20th August 2011.
