American Adobo
Sex is the appetizer. Love is the main course. Friendship is the dessert.
Film20011h 44m
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- Director
- Laurice Guillen
- Language
- Filipino
- Released
- 2001-09-29
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
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The everyday struggles of people trying to bridge two cultures, as well as their attempt to find happiness in their new homeland. Tere (Cherrie Pie Picache), mid-forties and single, hosts a dinner for a friend visiting from Manila, Lorna. Invited are their New York City-based friends and former college classmates -- Mike (Christopher De Leon), a newspaper editor in his forties, Gerry (Ricky Davao), an advertising copywriter and closeted gay, and Marissa (Dina Bonnevie).
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