Baryo
Baryo, formerly known as Amigo, is a film set during the Spanish-American war in the 1890s in the Philippines. It was written by John Sayles, who will also direct it when the film goes into production in February 2010 in the Philippines.
CAST: Chris Cooper (Col. Hardacre), Garret Dillahunt (Lt. Compton), Yul Vazquez (Padre Hidalgo), DJ Qualls (Zeke), James Parks (Sgt. Runnels), Joel Torre (Rafael), Stephen Taylor (Private Bates), Bill Tangradi (Dutch), Irma Adlawan (Josefa), Bembol Roco (Policarpio), Dane DeHaan (Gil), Lucas Neff (Shanker), Rio Locsin (Corazon), Brian Lee Franklin (Cpl. Lynch), Art Acuna (Locsin)
SYNOPSIS:
Sayles’ fictionalized account of the Philippines-American War that took place between the countries at the turn of the century after two American privates killed three Filipino soldiers in a suburb of Manila. The incident turned into a bloody war that lasted two years as the Philippines Army used guerilla tactics to make up for being under-equipped to face the overwhelming American forces.
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