American Adobo

Sex is the appetizer. Love is the main course. Friendship is the dessert.

American Adobo — Plot

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).

• Release date
• September 29, 2001
• Runtime
• 104 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Romance
• Director
• Laurice Guillen

American Adobo — Cast

Christopher de Leon Mike Dina Bonnevie Marissa Ricky Davao Gerry Cherry Pie Picache Tere Paolo Montalbán Raul Keesha Sharp Debbie Sandy Andolong Emma Gloria Romero Gerry's Mother