A Case of Honor
1988
88 Min
Synopsis
Filipino actor Eddie Romero directs this arresting drama set during the Vietnam War. A handful of prisoners (including Timothy Bottoms and John Phillip Law) escape their captors but have to make their way through the thicket of the Vietnamese jungle. They manage to accomplish this goal — and pick up a group of call girls, whom they promise to help flee the country. Now, they must learn how to fly a grounded plane upon which they’ve stumbled.
Director
Eddie Romero
Eddie Romero (born July 7, 1924) is an acclaimed and influential Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter, considered one of the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines. Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003.
His career spans three generations of filmmakers. His 1976 film “Ganito Kami Noon…Paano Kayo Ngayon?,” set at the turn of the century during the revolution against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers, follows a naïve peasant through his leap of faith to become a member of an imagined community.
“Agila” situates a family’s story against the backdrop of the country’s history.
“Kamakalawa” explores the folklore of prehistoric Philippines.
“Banta ng Kahapon,” his ‘small’ political film, is set against the turmoil of the late 1960s, tracing the connection of the underworld to the corrupt halls of politics.
His 13-part series of “Noli Me Tangere” brings Philippine national hero Jose Rizal’s novel to… read more
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