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American Adobo is a Philippin film of genre Comedy directed by Laurice Guillen released in USA on 29 september 2001 with Cherry Pie Picache
American Adobo (2001)
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Add to a movie listAmerican Adobo is a 2002 comedy, romance-drama film produced by Kevin J. Foxe, the executive producer of the phenomenal blockbuster hit The Blair Witch Project. The film tells the story of five Filipino-American friends living in New York City dealing with love, sex, friendship, careers, and cultural identity. Directed by veteran Filipino film director/actress Laurice Guillen. The title was derived from adobo, a very popular dish in the Philippines.
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Tere Sanchez (Cherry Pie Picache) is an accountant who is in her early forties, single, and not especially happy about it. Tere is an excellent cook, and often throws dinner parties for her friends, and the arrival of her old friend Lorna (Sol Oca) from Manila is all the reason she needs to invite her friends over for a feast. Mike (Christopher De Leon) is a former political journalist who is now enjoying the fruits of a lucrative career as a newspaper editor, but he wonders if he left his principles behind along the way; he's also feeling unfulfilled in his marriage to Gigi (Susan Valdez-LeGoff). Gerry (Ricky Davao) is an advertising copywriter who is afraid to tell his friends and family that he's gay, though circumstances may well drive him out of the closet. Raul (Paolo Montalban) is a good-looking womaniser who prefers to date Caucasians, and lacks a certain amount of emotional maturity. And Marissa (Dina Bonnevie) is on the surface a well-to-do social butterfly; however, deep inside she's woefully insecure, and is afraid to confront her boyfriend Sam (Randy Becker) about his constant infidelity. Meanwhile, Lorna confesses that while she's married to a wealthy man in Manila, she's terribly unhappy, and is considering staying in America as an illegal alien.Actors
Cherry Pie Picache
(Tere)
Christopher de Leon
(Mike)
Dina Bonnevie
(Marissa)
Ricky Davao
(Gerry)
Sandy Andolong
(Emma)
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