Cast (in credits
order) : Cesar Montano Juliana Palermo Jacky Woo Joel Torre Ronnie Lazaro
Rebecca Lusterio Daria Ramirez Caridad Sanchez Suzette Ranillo
Written By: Cris
Vertido Directed By: Cesar Montano
Genre: Romance / Drama
Synopsis: In the island
province of Bohol
during the Japanese
Occupation in the Philippines, a banca
operator-turned-guerrilla named Duroy (Cesar Montano) falls in love with Iset
(Juliana Palermo), a lovely lass from the same village where the people’s main
thoroughfare is a river.
John
Smith (Philip Anthony), an American stingy landowner is captivated by Iset’s
beauty, and so is Duroy’s brother Ibo (Reiven Bulado). Since Duroy adores his
family, he gives way to his younger brother.
When the Japanese invasion begins, Fumio Ohkohara (Jackie
Woo), a handsome Japanese officer takes over the
village and also falls in love with Iset.
During the Japanese Era, Duroy joins
a band of guerillas and later becomes their leader, mainly because of his
talent in creating innovative methods in fighting the enemy. Iset, on the other
hand, is appalled at the brutality of the Japanese and her father’s
collaboration with them. She makes a bold move against her parents and what
they stand for by joining the guerillas.
After
a series of sorties, Duroy leads a final assault over the Japanese and
succeeds. It boosts his low self-esteem
as an underachiever and illiterate person.
What
appears to be a battle won in love and in war takes a strange twist in the end
with the return of the American suitor.
Duroy, after getting rid of the ghosts of his troubled and deprived
past, decides for everyone else. He answers the insistent call of the river.
Release Date: June 2007
SRP:
DVD – P 150.00
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