Virgin Forest

{{Short description|1985 Filipino period film}}

{{About|the movie|the general meaning|Old-growth forest|the 2022 movie|Virgin Forest (2022 film)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Virgin Forest

| image =

| director = Peque Gallaga{{cite book|last=Deocampo|first=Nick|title=Sine Gabay: A Film Study Guide|date=2017|publisher=Anvil Publishing, Inc.|isbn=978-621-420-179-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lTSWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT269|accessdate=August 8, 2020|language=en}}

| producer = Lily Yu Monteverde

| screenplay = Rosauro Q. de la Cruz

| story = T.E. Pagaspas{{efn|The name "T.E. Pagaspas" is a collective name that consists of directors Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes, writer Rosauro Q. Dela Cruz, and production designer Don Escudero.}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Sarsi Emmanuel
• Miguel Rodriguez
• Abel Jurado

}}

| music = Jaime Fabregas{{cite news |last1=San Diego Jr |first1=Bayani |title=Keeping score with Jaime Fabregas |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/275595/keeping-score-jaime-fabregas |accessdate=August 8, 2020 |work=INQUIRER.net |date=May 22, 2018 |language=en}}

| cinematography = Conrado Baltazar

| editing = Jess Navarro

| studio = Regal Films

| distributor = Regal Films

| released = {{film date|1985|1|22}}

| runtime = 139 minutes

| country = Philippines

| language = {{Plainlist|

• Filipino
• English
• Spanish

}}

}}

Virgin Forest is a 1985 Filipino war drama{{cite book |last1=Baumgärtel |first1=Tilman |title=Southeast Asian Independent Cinema: Essays, Documents, Interviews |date=2012 |publisher=Hong Kong University Press |isbn=978-988-8083-60-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ibUGPZEf0lIC&pg=PA156 |accessdate=August 8, 2020 |language=en}} directed by Peque Gallaga from a story written by T.E. Pagaspas, adapted into a screenplay by Rosauro Q. Dela Cruz. A self-described B-movie, it stars Sarsi Emmanuel, Chayong, a barrio lass of Chinese ancestry; Miguel Rodriguez as Alfonsito, a Filipino-Spanish ilustrado; and Abel Jurado as Alipio, the lover of Sarsi's character. It also stars Leo Martinez, Ama Quiambao, Bruce Fanger, and Bob Zwanziger.