''Virgin Forest'' is a 1985 Filipino period film directed by
Peque Gallaga
Maurice Ruiz de Luzuriaga Gallaga (August 25, 1943 – May 7, 2020), better known as Peque Gallaga, was a multi-awarded Filipino people, Filipino film-maker. His most significant achievement in film was ''Oro, Plata, Mata'', which he directed aft ...
. A self-described
B-movie
A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double featur ...
, it stars
Sarsi Emmanuel, who plays a barrio lass of Chinese ancestry;
Miguel Rodriguez, as a Filipino-Spanish illustrado; and, Abel Jurado, who plays the lover of Sarsi's character.
Plot
The film is set in the 1900s during the
First Philippine Republic
The Philippine Republic ( es, República Filipina), now officially known as the First Philippine Republic, also referred to by historians as the Malolos Republic, was established in Malolos, Bulacan during the Philippine Revolution against ...
. Macabebe soldiers are trying to capture
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (: March 22, 1869February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who is the youngest president of the Philippines (1899–1901) and is recognized as the first president of the Philippine ...
.
Alfonisto (
Miguel Rodriguez) and Chayong (
Sarsi Emmanuel) are caught up in this pursuit and in a love triangle. In the end, Aguinaldo is captured and the Macabebe soldiers are killed.
Cast
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Sarsi Emmanuel as Chayong
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Miguel Rodriguez as Alfonsito
*Abel Jurado as Alipio
*Jude Arboleda as Fonseca
*Arbie Antonio as Lt. Dalmacio
*Turko Cervantes and
Pen Medina
Crispin "Pen" Parungao Medina Sr. (born August 27, 1950, in Arayat, Pampanga) is an actor from the Philippines who started acting in theater plays in his youth. He eventually played versatile roles on the big screen and in various television s ...
as leaders of the Macabebes
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Peque Gallaga
Maurice Ruiz de Luzuriaga Gallaga (August 25, 1943 – May 7, 2020), better known as Peque Gallaga, was a multi-awarded Filipino people, Filipino film-maker. His most significant achievement in film was ''Oro, Plata, Mata'', which he directed aft ...
as Kamaggay
References
External links
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1985 films
Films directed by Peque Gallaga
Films set in 1901
Philippine drama films
Films set during the Philippine–American War
Tagalog-language films
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