Amigo
Director: John Sayles
Starring: Garret Dillahunt, Joel Torres, Chris Cooper
USA, 2010, 2 hours 8 minutes, subtitles
Sayles’s typically intelligent, thought-provoking film is set against the backdrop of the
Philippine-American War of 1900, when the US was ‘liberating’ various countries from
Spanish colonialism. It charts the relationships between American troops stationed in a
remote village and the local villagers – be they peasant farmers or guerrilla fighters. In
trying to protect the villagers, the local headman is caught between the demands of the
occupying troops and those of the freedom fighters (led by his brother) who regard him as
a collaborator. Deeply humane in its focus on the innocents caught in the middle, Sayles
paints a picture of conflict that’s not only convincing in its complexity, but all too relevant to
our more recent attempts to impose democracy on others.
Geoff Andrew
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| Aberystwyth Arts Centre | 2012-03-27 | 20:00:00 | Buy Tickets |
| Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold | 2012-03-29 | 20:00:00 | Buy Tickets |
| Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff | 2012-03-23 | 20:15:00 | Buy Tickets |
